Desperate New England Using Dirty Fuel Oil to Generate Electricity

Two days ago New England generated 24% (a quarter) of the electricity it needs by burning...fuel oil. Why? Low supplies of natural gas. How much electricity was generated by so-called renewables on the same day? According to ISO New England, only 8% of electricity on Jan. 16 was generated by renewables. However, if you take out burning garbage, burning wood, and burning natural gas from landfills (all included in the "renewables" number), just 2.5% of New England's electricity came from solar and wind, what most people think of as renewable energy. Do you see the folly of dumping fossil energy anytime in the next 50-100 years?

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