Comments on: Natural gas catches coal in electricity generation for the first time

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:15:04 +0000

Ain’t free enterprise grand?

Until the bolsheviks finally strangle it with policy. But, until then; AMEN, Sister. Amen.

By: IlikedAUH2O

IlikedAUH2O — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:02:55 +0000

I’m wondering how taking a personal 747 to go to Hawaii for a vacay fits all this green the environment and redistribute the wealth crap.

By: Steveangell

Steveangell — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:07:36 +0000

energy intensive industries are moving back into the US because of the cheap natural gas…(by the way, this will save us for the economic meltdown… lucky obama). the issue was the relatively hot winter that brought down some of the demand.

nathor on January 7, 2013 at 7:03 PM

No.

This happened in summer every other summer total generation was way higher than winter because of air conditioning of course. Except 2012.

I have a difficult time believing the chart. Do not see how power usage could drop that much in a year.

By: fogw

fogw — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:06:57 +0000

Natural gas catches coal?

More like coal dies a slow death, natural gas waddles by.

By: mixplix

mixplix — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:01:43 +0000

We went from horses to autos, sailing ships to steam and motor and into nuclear power. Coal to natural gas is only a transition.

By: kenny

kenny — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:37:23 +0000

All Naturel Gas generates from Barry Hussein McDonald Period.

By: kenny

kenny — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:31:58 +0000

Sorry, but all Naturel Natural generates from Barry Hussein McDonald

By: hip shot

hip shot — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:31:42 +0000

Let’s use capitalism on libtards: buy them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.

By: Bmore

Bmore — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:24:34 +0000

djtnt on January 7, 2013 at 7:20 PM

Short read.

By: djtnt

djtnt — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:20:40 +0000

Wonder how much of the decline in coal power is due to the EPA forced closures of viable coal fired plants via MAC regulations?

By: Bmore

Bmore — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:19:41 +0000

SWalker on January 7, 2013 at 7:12 PM

They looked more like happy tears to me. Expensive, but happy.

By: iurockhead

iurockhead — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:16:45 +0000

This will eventually mean an increase in natural gas prices, as consumption increases and gas in working storage decreases. The good part of that, is that shale plays like the Barnett and others that are dry gas have really slowed down, about 1/4 the number of rigs drilling in those plays vs the peak in 2008. Higher prices will increase drilling activity, which will then stabilize and moderate the prices.

Unless the EPA prevails, and hydraulic fracturing is shut down. In which case, we’re screwed on all fronts. Coal will still be there, but ramping up production and converting power generation back to coal will take time, lots of inertia.

By: SWalker

SWalker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:12:58 +0000

SWalker on January 7, 2013 at 7:07 PM

Lol! Its pretty. ; )

Bmore on January 7, 2013 at 7:12 PM

Why you want Mother Gaia to cry… Can’t you see those are tears of pain and anguish????

By: Bmore

Bmore — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:12:00 +0000

SWalker on January 7, 2013 at 7:07 PM

Lol! Its pretty. ; )

By: SWalker

SWalker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:08:49 +0000

What do we make anymore.

Not much. The industrial base has been run out of our country, along with the jobs it supported, thanks to the EPA.

RADIOONE on January 7, 2013 at 7:06 PM

Why would we need a manufacturing base when we can Tax millionaires and Billionaires… o_O

By: SWalker

SWalker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:07:04 +0000

The new natural gas fired plant in Ga creates its own atmosphere. Water vapor. Clouds. Pretty under the lights. Or should I say above the lights.

Bmore on January 7, 2013 at 7:05 PM

Nooooo the natural gas is making Mother Gaia weep….

By: RADIOONE

RADIOONE — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:06:27 +0000

What do we make anymore.

Not much. The industrial base has been run out of our country, along with the jobs it supported, thanks to the EPA.

By: KOOLAID2

KOOLAID2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:06:07 +0000

Natural gas catches coal in electricity generation for the first time

…well we can’t have that…can we?

By: Bmore

Bmore — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:05:48 +0000

The new natural gas fired plant in Ga creates its own atmosphere. Water vapor. Clouds. Pretty under the lights. Or should I say above the lights.

By: SWalker

SWalker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:05:17 +0000

watertown on January 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM

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Paul-Cincy on January 7, 2013 at 6:56 PM

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BINGO . . . . . . . kudos to both of you.

listens2glenn on January 7, 2013 at 7:01 PM

Pay no attention to these pesky facts, they will only confuse you and make your head hurt…

By: nathor

nathor — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:03:52 +0000

I’d like to see a “totals” line. Natural gas usage is up, coal is way down. I wonder if energy consumption is down. We are losing our manufacturing base, which would bring it down. What do we make anymore.

Paul-Cincy on January 7, 2013 at 6:56 PM

energy intensive industries are moving back into the US because of the cheap natural gas…(by the way, this will save us for the economic meltdown… lucky obama). the issue was the relatively hot winter that brought down some of the demand.

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:01:28 +0000

watertown on January 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM
. Paul-Cincy on January 7, 2013 at 6:56 PM

. BINGO . . . . . . . kudos to both of you.

By: Paul-Cincy

Paul-Cincy — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:56:34 +0000

From the graphs it seems like energy consumption is way down? I know there was something here on that a few days ago, but to see it on the graph like that send the wow fact up my arm.

watertown on January 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM

I’d like to see a “totals” line. Natural gas usage is up, coal is way down. I wonder if energy consumption is down. We are losing our manufacturing base, which would bring it down. What do we make anymore.

By: watertown

watertown — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:52:52 +0000

From the graphs it seems like energy consumption is way down? I know there was something here on that a few days ago, but to see it on the graph like that send the wow fact up my arm.

By: rayra

rayra — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:52:35 +0000

Once again, Erika produces a rah rah pollyanna paean to ‘Forward!’, missing that it is NOT ‘success’ by Natural Gas, but rather their expanding to fill an artificially created vacuum, via the exo-marxist administration’s deliberate predations on the coal industry.

Natural gas is as much a fossil fuel as coal. The eco-marxist tyrants are seeking to break the back of capitalism in this nation and kill millions of ‘surplus’ Americans, by whatever method they can muster. Coal is merely first. They mean to put 50 million of us in village huts. And 250 million of us in mass graves.