new wind power is cheaper than new coal capacity, as reported by @scifri this morning. How much cheaper in ten more years?
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I thought this (2012) was interesting, too: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#d8dfcd849d22 … Coal kills more by kWhr than any other source of energy.
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also, nuclear kills far less than *solar*, even accounting for Chernobyl and Fukushima. Surprising.
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I am *fascinated* by energy storage from "bursty" sources (like PV and wind).
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soon-up in my reading queue: "The Grid"http://www.npr.org/books/titles/490934774/the-grid-the-fraying-wires-between-americans-and-our-energy-future …
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third recommendation for that in the past few days /cc
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mm, i wish this had been me, but i think it was
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I'm flattered- @christinacaci has much better taste in books and reads twice as fast as I do.
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