As dawn broke over the Midwest this bitterly cold morning, coal was providing more than 50% of the electricity… keeping the region alive. Wind… think Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal… was providing less than 5%. Solar is not even on the chart. Coal is life.
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Source: MISO