this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2025
13 points (100.0% liked)

Colorado

1401 readers
2 users here now

All things Colorado

Let’s go Nuggets! 2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Go Avs Go! 2022 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

Rules

  1. No bigotry - including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
  2. Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
  3. No NSFW
  4. No Ads / Spamming.
  5. All hail Blucifer

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

They should tell Trump to go fuck himself.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ordered with funding? Bad idea, but at least it's backed by government support. Maybe there is a bigger play here.
I can understand requiring coal plants to ensure & maintain grid stability until green alternatives have proven themselves. The government funding basically pays them to maintain but not operate - unless needed.
Hydro would make more sense. Some sort of fast-start generation with potential recovery during low demand.
But I could see coal being part of a black-start procedure or something.

Straight up ordered? No government funding? That's just a polluting bomb. High pressure steam in aging industrial equipment with no incentive to maintain that equipment. Still pumping out pollution, likely producing electricity more expensive than the average cost.
Disaster waiting to happen.
What the fuck.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

He's been doing this repeatedly in multiple states and yes, the cost gets added to people's electric bills.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

SMH. Forcing these plants, especially Craig 1 since it's already broken, is just begging for disaster. The longer they go after their design lifetime the higher the risk of a catastrophic event. This is just utterly stupid.