It's why I'm hereHaHa! How true!
Lmbo. Best reply in a long time on OSA.
No need to quit using anything. Just send Al Gore some money and buy some carbon credits.
All you have to do is follow the money, politicians and tree huggers are in the same pocket.
Was it in the late 60's that all new power houses had to be coal fired, and 10% of the coal had to be from Wyoming? Follow the money, a politician most likely will be behind it.
I retired from OGE. Your correct that it was most cost efficient to put in coal fired power plants. Still is.
When units were put in at the Sooner power plant, the company bought Wyoming coal because it would produce the highest BTU's with the lease amount of pollution. The Okla Corporation Commission required the power plants to use 10% Oklahoma produced coal. It was extremely high in sulfur, but the coal owners lobbied the OCC to allow it.
It had to be trucked in which was terribly expensive, and a separate blending unit had to be built to mix it with the Wyoming coal. After a couple of years of blending coal, the EPA required emissions couldn't be met, so the program was scrapped.
