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Wind and Solar Overtake Coal Power for First Time in U.S. (www.wsj.com)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

43% natural gas, 15% coal those two alone make up 58% of the energy mix. This title is a straight up lie if the article is to be believed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you read the title though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, and it's a lie. The amount of new renewable production capacity being built is higher for renewables than for new fossil fuel production capacity.

I would've expected that to be a thing already, like most of the planet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I can't attest to the accuracy of the numbers, I just tried to point out that the title doesn't say wind and solar overtook all fossil fuels, they only overtook coal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

It explains it in the first paragraph. The other person just didn't read the article.

Wind and solar 17%, coal 15%