See those tiny little green bars. Those are Solar, Wind, Hydro. A few months ago, solar panels passed nuclear energy in US energy production. Green energy sources are the fastest to develop, a new wind farm can be ordered, built and turned on in 10 to 16 months, break even on it's own carbon footprint in 8 months. Build time for Coal fired 2.5-6 years, nuke 6 to 12 years, they increase their carbon footprint every day they operate.
While we are continuing to build more wind farms in nw Indiana - Duke Energy is going full blast on a coal - gasification plant down in Edwardsport and as I stated earlier - Sullivan County has the largest open pit coal mine east of the Mississippi River..
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