What do you mean by “not even close to true”? Coal is dying, period. Half of US capacity gone by 2026, and already over half of energy production from peak in 2011 as of 2022. Maybe that’s not “the bulk” to you, but coal is in a freefall no matter how you slice it.
Half, which you just admitted is a projection of what will happen in the future and not something that’s already happened, is not most. Saying most coal plants have already been taken out of service is demonstrably untrue. I’m not sure what is confusing about that statement. If anything, presenting a future projection as if it has already come to pass is the confusing bit in this conversation.
I didn’t “admit” anything, I just wanted to provide context that broadly substantiates the fact that coal is in a free fall and already produced less than half of the electric energy it did at its peak in 2011. You can try to be pedantic about the count of plant closures being the one true metric, but what matters is production, which in fact is already more than halved as of over a year ago as we know. Plants make money from capacity markets even if they don’t run, which allows them to limp along a bit before actually closing entirely, so that doesn’t really tell the story. So yes, the “bulk” of coal production is already gone as of over a year ago. When you use such strong language like “that’s not even close to true” that implies the opposite is true, which it obviously isn’t. You’re welcome to add context and clarify, add sources etc, but your statement struck me as misleading and you didn’t back it up at all.
What do you mean by “not even close to true”? Coal is dying, period. Half of US capacity gone by 2026, and already over half of energy production from peak in 2011 as of 2022. Maybe that’s not “the bulk” to you, but coal is in a freefall no matter how you slice it.
https://ieefa.org/resources/us-track-close-half-coal-capacity-2026
Half, which you just admitted is a projection of what will happen in the future and not something that’s already happened, is not most. Saying most coal plants have already been taken out of service is demonstrably untrue. I’m not sure what is confusing about that statement. If anything, presenting a future projection as if it has already come to pass is the confusing bit in this conversation.
I didn’t “admit” anything, I just wanted to provide context that broadly substantiates the fact that coal is in a free fall and already produced less than half of the electric energy it did at its peak in 2011. You can try to be pedantic about the count of plant closures being the one true metric, but what matters is production, which in fact is already more than halved as of over a year ago as we know. Plants make money from capacity markets even if they don’t run, which allows them to limp along a bit before actually closing entirely, so that doesn’t really tell the story. So yes, the “bulk” of coal production is already gone as of over a year ago. When you use such strong language like “that’s not even close to true” that implies the opposite is true, which it obviously isn’t. You’re welcome to add context and clarify, add sources etc, but your statement struck me as misleading and you didn’t back it up at all.