Here's one of the conveniences of living here, in North Merica. Ya flip a switch, and lights come on. Stop at a store on your way home buy milk, eggs, bread, and beer. All fresh, all cold. Why? Electricity. Yep. Great! But most of us haven't a clue how that electric reached our homes. Wires. Right? Yep. Wires. From poles along the street. But that's all most people know.
The New York Times did a study of state-by-state sources of generation of electricity. Yeah, coal still leads as a source of generated power in the majority of states. From 2001 to 2017, the results of that survey may surprise ya. Maybe not. In some cases the results are all too obvious, then again as railroaders, we're never surprised by facts. Scan through, find your home state. Then maybe you'll know more than your neighbors. And you'll understand why the lights go out when they do, and spoil all that fresh milk.
Sorry about the lengthy URL, I was too damn lazy to search for an alternative tiny version. Here it is, which I hope gets ya the same results... State-by-state sources of electricity/power generation.
https://tinyurl.com/yajr2zyk
In my opinion, knowing a few things about coal fired power power plants is they are filthy! Really, really dirty. Natural gas is clean(er) but emits just as much CO2, CnOX, and hot air. Personally nuclear power is best. Much of the New England area generates their power via nukes. I say we might oughta forget Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukoshima, and reconsider nuclear generated electricity.
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