Coal Is Uncompetitive. Why Do We Burn So Much?

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comJun 11, 2021, 6:32 am288 pts
America gets 20 percent of its electricity from coal. That’s a 50 percent drop since the peak in 2007. But if coal is becoming so economically uncompetitive, why does it still make up so much of our grid mix? This week: Coal is no longer king. But it still has a lot of power across the land. How do we banish…

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