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Coal is the lifeblood of Wyoming. The Cowboy State alone produces 40% of Americas supply three times more than 2nd place West Virginia and over 50% more than all of Appalachia. Can Wyoming escape its dependency on fossil fuels for its budget?
Cruel, relentless wind is a fact of life in Wyoming. Can Wyoming and its potential customer, California, surpass the regulatory hurdles to harness the wind power and generate electrical production?
walkingman
(8,364 posts)peppertree
(22,850 posts)And as you know, he's the face of today's GOP.
Think. Again.
(18,072 posts)...say much for him.
peppertree
(22,850 posts)The only thing that speaks for him, as far as he's concerned, is his money.
And the GOP judges and congresscritters it buys.
VMA131Marine
(4,653 posts)Not only that but increasingly production is of sub-bituminous coal which has 67-80% of the heat content of bituminous coal. That means mining more and more tonnage to get the same amount of energy. And wind power is just cheaper.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48696
republianmushroom
(17,714 posts)Coal is going to be shut down.
hlthe2b
(106,390 posts)That must just chap the average WY conservative's butt to have to accept a "green" opportunity, but fortunately, some are not so self-destructive as to move forward.
Think. Again.
(18,072 posts)...moving away from CO2 emitting energy production, I hope the folks of Wyoming get their act together quickly, for their own sake.
SWBTATTReg
(24,140 posts)glad to move away from Nebraska (but the people were so nice, so caring, etc.) and get back to a more calmer environment (not as much wind). I'm surprised that it's taken Wyoming so long to take advantage of this resource, why not?
In Missouri, most of the windfarms are in the N of Missouri...there is a blurb in one of our energy bills that stated that utility companies generate I think 5% of their electricity from alternative sources.
What's funny is that I don't see what the hangup is about windmills (tRUMP for example, keeps harping idiotically about windmills), when farmers in this Country for generations had windmills to pump water into their ponds etc.