California to End Coal Power Imports from Utah Plant Next Month
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California will stop using coal as a power source next month by ending electricity imports from the Intermountain Power Plant in Utah. The article includes a debate about renewable energy versus nuclear power, with arguments about land use requirements for wind/solar (10,000 square miles for entire US) versus nuclear fission's costs and safety concerns.
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"It's about 10,000 square miles total needed to provide power for the entire USA"
"If the goal is to see energy that is low cost, low in CO2 emissions, reliable, safe, and isn't taking land/water/whatever from crops and/or wildlife then we need nuclear fission as an energy source"
"Fission costs more, is less safe"
An anonymous reader shared this excerpt from a Los Angeles Times newsletter:
One of the most consequential moments in California's drive to beat back climate change will take place next month. The state will stop receiving electricity from the Intermoun
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