Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
Even as Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the US and remains the leading source of new power.
Data released Wednesday by global energy thinktank Ember, along with a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (Seia) and analytics firm Wood Mackenzie, show the continued growth of solar and decline of coal in the United States despite federal policy. In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal, or 12.8%, Ember said. Coal supplied 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.
“For years solar power has risen in the US electricity mix,” said Nicolas Fulghum, senior energy and data analyst at Ember. “At the same time, coal power has lost its status, first as the largest source in the US mix, and then gradually over the years has fallen even further.”
Degrade and underinvest in rail networks, so you can’t move coal cheaply across the country
Knock out Russian gas production, so it’s more profitable to ship NGLs overseas than use them at home
Blockade the Straight of Hormuz, so you lose access to cheaply refined petroleum.
Also, sabotage productive capacity in Venezuela and tear up all your sulfur refining facilities, so you can’t exploit the largest fuel reserve in the Western Hemisphere
Sunny Days Are Here Again.
Thanks, Donald!
Comrade Trump turbocharging demand destruction
Fuck that, freight rail has been doing that for over half a century. Coal doesn’t care how slow it moves or how off schedule it is, but when that’s all freight ts cares about, they ruin rail for everyone.
Time to seize that track by eminent domain, force them to obey the law giving g passenger rail priority, and forcing maintenance if they want to use the track