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by gryph0n 1517 days ago
Reality does NOT agree

https://www.iea.org/news/coal-power-s-sharp-rebound-is-takin...

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/energy/india-s-coal-dema...

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It remains a fact that operating a coal plant costs substantially more than getting the same power from wind.

So, continued operation of coal plants depends on uneconomic behavior, typically via cultural inertia or domination by entrenched interests. Of course that is always possible, but it is disfavored.