Are the numbers real or “juiced”

By Anthony Watts – Re-Blogged From http://www.WattsUpWithThat.com From the “when the going gets tough, renewables can’t cut it” department. Wind power generation actually dropped 5% during this period The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES-16 satellite caught a dramatic view of the bomb cyclone moving up the East Coast on Jan. 4, 2017. NOAA Photo […]

via DOE: If it weren’t for coal-fired electricity plants, the Northeast would have blacked-out during recent bomb-cyclone — US Issues

Using Coal to produce energy

By Andy May – Re-Blogged From http://www.WattsUpWithThat.com U.S. coal production declined from 2011 through 2016 as it was displaced in U.S. power plants by cheaper and cleaner natural gas. Some of the reduction was also due to the Obama Clean Power Plan regulations. However, the shale gas revolution in the U.S. has not spread to […]

via U.S. Coal Industry Growth — US Issues