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8 thoughts on “Critics urge Duke Energy to green up more quickly

  1. Coal power plants are so inefficient it’s crazy. They only average like 33%. The coal ash by-product doesn’t have that many uses. Wind and solar have zero harmful by-products or emissions. If we can get more land owner (farmers) to sell or rent land we will speed up the decommission of these relic power plants.

  2. And your kids and grandkids will never be able to afford electricity.
    My bill compared to my buddies in California for every 100 i pay he pays 285.00 this is something you idiots can’t just change over night.
    Build nuclear or shut up.

  3. Let’s put their choices from their pressure groups in perspective. Suppose someone pressures you to eat healthy, exercise, and have a long prosperous life, vs somebody else you pressures you to die young by eating foods that are totally unhealthy and to lead s sedentary life that will basically cause you to die prematurely. Whose advise would you choose? If this doesn’t persuade you, how about getting from the top floor of a very tall building building using an elevator, or taking the faster alternative of jumping off of the building.

  4. Let’s put their choices from their pressure groups in perspective. Suppose someone pressures you to eat healthy, exercise, and have a long prosperous life, vs somebody else you pressures you to die young by eating foods that are totally unhealthy and to lead s sedentary life that will basically cause you to die prematurely. Whose advise would you choose?

    If this doesn’t persuade you, how about getting from the top floor of a very tall building building using an elevator, or taking the faster alternative of jumping off of the building.

  5. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want clean air, clean water. We are pumping too much CO2 into the air 24/7/365. We all want reliable electricity 24/7/365 too. I have never seen Mr. Olson produce numbers that indicate we can just shut down coal & gas and go straight to renewables. I think if someone talked to the scientists at MISO, they might have a more realistic picture of how this transition needs to occur, especially to avoid major strain on the grid in summertime. Equally concerning: Why has Mr. Russell quoted Mr. Olson in every (or almost) utility article he’s written the last decade-plus, going well back into his Indy Star days? Rinse, repeat, same quotes every story. Sorry but I can’t help but to see bias here. The only truly reliable carbon-free fuel source is nuclear – because even industrial batteries wear down – but I don’t know an environmentalist who approves of that, either.

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