Originally Posted by Tailhookah

Just some articles to back up my “meme”…. Meme…. Really. That’s funny.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/coal-pollution-can-be-seen-pouring-from-power-plant-smokestacks/

And this:

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news...ers-unaffected

and this:

https://www.dw.com/en/combating-high...ion/a-71094111

wait…. There’s more:

https://www.bakerinstitute.org/resea...cy-aspirations

and this:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-c...-high-in-2024/

certainly not a meme:

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/...f%20coal%20use

Now I’m not going to say coal is 100% clean, but Im also not going to say wind can supply our energy needs.

But this whole argument is quite funny. You meme lovers on the left say let’s go solar and wind and damn fossil fuels! The reality is that wind and solar wont work as the primary but will work in a total picture. I live in the mountains of western Virginia. Right by beautiful and Wild West Virginia. They’re mining like crazy again. Why? We need coal. We need nuclear. We need natural gas. We need wind. We need solar. Read some of the (not meme’s) articles above about Germany’s failure on the green revolution.

Why did Virginia agree to a wind farm off SE Virginia out at sea? Greenhadi pressure. It immediately raised electrical rates for those in SE Virginia before a single blade was made. Also, that area doesn’t make sense for wind. But they’ll sure be able to beat their chest and tell those greenies in Germany…. Look! We can also make poor decisions to appease the greenhadi movement!

The point I’ve been trying to make is that it needs balance. We need it all, but smartly. And for every KW that relies on a clear day, wind to blow or summer in high latitudes due to sun angle, we need Nuke/Fossil fuel backup.

No meme here. Just the facts. Maybe pick up a book. Do a goggle search and stay off your educational sites like FB and Instagram and stop poisoning your minds w/ memes.