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Texas got more electricity from solar than coal last month (www.canarymedia.com)
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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is more because fracking killed off all the coal plants. The situation in Texas is that it's worth it to frack wells for the oil alone, so the NG that is also produced is a byproduct that is dumped on the market for ridiculously low prices.