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Once Upon a Time, Coal Needed a Big Push ($$$) to Become "Base Load" Power
Renewables Are Not Such a Special CaseOur friends at CleanTechnica have a very interesting piece about coal and wind power storage. It reminds us that coal alone is not enough to generate base-load (always on) power; you also need billions and billions of dollars worth of railroads to keep the coal flowing to coal plants, with a coal train needed every 12 hours on average. Coal might be relatively cheap and energy-dense, but without the massive investments into distribution and storage over decades, it would never have become dominant...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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