On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:19:37 PM UTC-4, JTEM is right wrote:   
   > mog...@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   > > "Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest electric utility,   
   > > recently concluded that it could save $213 million   
   > > by retiring two of its older coal-fired units a   
   > > decade ahead of schedule and replacing them with a   
   > > mix of wind, solar, battery storage and natural gas."   
   >   
   > Coal is made expensive by government regulations.   
   >   
   > Get it?  The government passed regulations making   
   > coal expensive. They have to effectively build new   
   > coal plants, and as the price of natural gas is   
   > cheap why would they do that?   
   >   
   > But the coal isn't going anywhere.   
      
   Yet, wind and solar are.   
      
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