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Scoundreller on Feb 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US no...

> would be a whole additional supply chain just for power plants.

This isn't an issue. There are coal ships, coal trains, coal trucks, you name it. Storage is easier too, you just dump it.

stevenwoo on Feb 18, 2021 [–]

It requires two dumps, one for fuel and one for fly ash with containment - the latter is usually huge.

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