US Coal consumption down from 2016 and 2017 levels
- Thread starter Soaring Eagle 74
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It's on the table.
The scheme would be in place for two years until a study on the U.S. grid's reliability concludes. During that time, the administration will direct organizations that run the nation's regional grids to purchase enough electric power from generators to prevent them from retiring, decommissioning or deactivating.
Trump administration moves to keep failing coal and nuclear plants open, citing national security
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/tru...and-nuclear-plants-for-national-security.html
Exactly, Germany, China are huge purchasers of coal and they are part of the Paris Climate accord. Go figure.
More natural gas was pumped, so you would expect steel production to be up. Or is that Met coal?