Massive Closure of Coal Plants Marks an Opportunity for the Solar Power Industry

[Jason]

The nation's coal plants may be in trouble. Coal plants are closing down at an accelerated rate, higher than previously anticipated. Supporters of coal are falsely accusing regulations by the EPA for the hard hits to the industry. Realistically, the plunging costs of natural gas, campaigns by anti-coal activists, and to a smaller degree, EPA regulations are to blame. While this is unfortunate for the coal industry, it has the potential to be good news for the solar industry and the environment. With these closures comes an opportunity for solar power to fill a widening gap in the energy market.

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[Sunking]

It is not possible Jason, and you know it.

[kieranmullen]

North America has the largest coal deposits in the world so I doubt that coal is going anywhere. What is happening is that there is an oversupply of Natural Gas using new means of obtaining gas by fracking. "Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer, as a result of the action of a pressurized fluid" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

[russ]

The loonies are trying to stop fracking - we will see what happens in the coming months.

[kieranmullen]

So the chemicals they are pumping down there are not as bad as they seem? What loonies?

A 2011 congressional report on the chemicals used in hydraulic fracking, states that the 14 leading hydraulic fracturing companies in the U.S. injected 10.2 million gallons of more than 650 products that contained chemicals that are known or possible human carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or listed as hazardous air pollutants.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/scary...#ixzz2Bk1TKxgo

The loonies are trying to stop fracking - we will see what happens in the coming months.

[russ]

So the chemicals they are pumping down there are not as bad as they seem? What loonies?

A 2011 congressional report on the chemicals used in hydraulic fracking, states that the 14 leading hydraulic fracturing companies in the U.S. injected 10.2 million gallons of more than 650 products that contained chemicals that are known or possible human carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or listed as hazardous air pollutants.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/scary...#ixzz2Bk1TKxgo

Unless you understand who authored the article and this being the Obama period you can expect they will be enviroloonies, you have no idea of the accuracy of it. For all the press about contaminated water I have read few claims that could even start to be backed up.

The chemical scare you throw in you could make just about as well for baby food or living in a new home.

10.2 million gallons I doubt - the number is much higher than that. One tanker will carry over 6,000 gallons. Over what area and time period are those gallons spread.

The ones I call the enviroloonies only have some big numbers pasted on their arm (like NFL quarterbacks) so they don't miss any chance to spout off.

Comic books contain more facts than that article.