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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:20 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

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1. And they have a couple of the
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:29 PM
Jun 2019

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

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