A Choice is Upon Us Regarding Our Energy Future – We must choose solar and wind:
With the EPA’s new coal-fired power plant and air pollution rules, coal power is in trouble. PJM, the nation’s largest grid operator, estimates that 20 GW of coal plants are at high risk of retirement in its territory (New Jersey’s statewide maximum load is 20 GW). New nuclear power is more expensive than solar on a KWH basis, more costly and more risky as an investment, and far more dangerous. Oyster Creek retires in 2019. Fracked gas drilling injects unknown chemicals into the ground when may have just as bad climate change impacts as coal. For our future – and the lives and health of ourselves and our children – we must choose solar and wind and start transitioning our energy sector.
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