I agree although I wouldn't discount coal. The Northeast is a great example of what not to do in this regard. All of the coal fired power plants in the Northeast have been decommissioned or turned off. The result is that the Northeast is now even more dependent on imported LNG from Trinidad and Tobago. Consider that the Marcellus Utica is next door.... As you like to say "you can't make this stuff up Batman."
To be perfectly honest one does not have to wait for the department of energy to publish its data to understand that there is a 3X delta between residential electricity and natural gas. I went through this a few years ago when I was looking at residential utility bills in Connecticut. I simply converted the gas rates to kilowatt hours and it became obvious which energy source was less expensive. The price delta was about 4X. For anyone that wants to do this you can simply go on the internet and find a calculator that converts therms to kilowatt hours.
great comment - Natural gas is the key reason we are lowering our emissions, and the impact to the enviornment is subsantially less than coal or wind and solar. We are going to face some huge issues with wind farm and solar pannel waste as they are brought off line. - I read that they will be more toxic than the entire nuclear fleet waste.
I agree although I wouldn't discount coal. The Northeast is a great example of what not to do in this regard. All of the coal fired power plants in the Northeast have been decommissioned or turned off. The result is that the Northeast is now even more dependent on imported LNG from Trinidad and Tobago. Consider that the Marcellus Utica is next door.... As you like to say "you can't make this stuff up Batman."
you are spot on!!!! it is really sad. Way to go
To be perfectly honest one does not have to wait for the department of energy to publish its data to understand that there is a 3X delta between residential electricity and natural gas. I went through this a few years ago when I was looking at residential utility bills in Connecticut. I simply converted the gas rates to kilowatt hours and it became obvious which energy source was less expensive. The price delta was about 4X. For anyone that wants to do this you can simply go on the internet and find a calculator that converts therms to kilowatt hours.
great comment - Natural gas is the key reason we are lowering our emissions, and the impact to the enviornment is subsantially less than coal or wind and solar. We are going to face some huge issues with wind farm and solar pannel waste as they are brought off line. - I read that they will be more toxic than the entire nuclear fleet waste.