KilroyJC
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The “junk material” from coal plants is mostly steel, copper, aluminum, and insulated wire, with other little bits thrown in.Where do they put all the junk material from the out of date coal plants? Where will they put the worn out turbines in the NG power plant I've referenced before? What about when they have to demolish the entire facility in 30 years when it's out of date? What about all the shrimp fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico that can't fish for shrimp anymore? Why does China control the market on Cobalt (one of the most important elements to rechargeable battery efficiency)? Because we hung on to the past and they jumped on the future and beat us to it.
And China is building and firing up new coal-fired generating stations every week. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160...w-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-fin
”jumping on the future” by ensuring they have reliable energy, unlike us - and they are supplying us with the new “green” unreliable energy at our expense.