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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:20 PM Jun 2019

North Dakota Democratic Party: "Coal Is No Longer a Viable Source of Energy."

In the Minot Daily News over the weekend was a remarkable letter from a leader in the North Dakota Democratic-NPL which derided our state’s coal industry.

Brad Magnuson, chairman of his party’s Renewable Energy Caucus, says “Long term, coal is not a viable source of energy.”

“Short term, until renewables become exclusive in North Dakota, coal is merely a backup source of energy, and not a primary source,” he continues.

That’s a shocking statement, as obtuse as it is ill-informed.

Coal is not “merely a backup source of energy.”

Read more: https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/north-dakota-democratic-party-coal-is-no-longer-a-viable-source-of-energy/

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North Dakota Democratic Party: "Coal Is No Longer a Viable Source of Energy." (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
And they have a couple of the Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #1
And yet this position is far better than the GOP position. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #2
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. And they have a couple of the
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:29 PM
Jun 2019

Dirtiest Power Plants on the planet. We never called them Dirt Burners for nothing.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
2. And yet this position is far better than the GOP position.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:29 PM
Jun 2019

Greed matters more than the planet.

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