<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;10&#x2F;319535020&#x2F;coal-gas-nuclear-hydro-how-your-state-generates-power" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;10&#x2F;319535020&#x2F;coal-gas-nuclear-hyd...</a><p>Coal has been replaced by a combination of natural gas and renewables in every state. As more renewables come online, natural gas plants will run even less.<p>I&#x27;m tired of humanity throwing money down the well that is the nuclear power industry. Pay for the damn turbines and panels already and be done with it (the US alone has enough wind energy potential for 10x its current energy use).<p>Note: Wind is already so cheap, Exelon&#x27;s CEO (who manages the largest commercial fleet of nuclear generators in the US) is threatening plant closings if they don&#x27;t get a bailout.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;articles.chicagotribune.com&#x2F;2013-02-08&#x2F;business&#x2F;ct-biz-0208-exelon-div--20130208_1_exelon-nuclear-plants-power-plants" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;articles.chicagotribune.com&#x2F;2013-02-08&#x2F;business&#x2F;ct-bi...</a><p>The former Exelon CEO? Says that shutting down struggling nuclear power plants is the right thing to do.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eenews.net&#x2F;stories&#x2F;1060022403" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eenews.net&#x2F;stories&#x2F;1060022403</a><p>Do I care that natural gas is going to pick up the slack? Of course not. The natural gas boom won&#x27;t last forever, prices will rise, and with coal no longer meeting EPA emissions requirements and nuclear plants decommissioned, there will only be one power source to pick up the slack: renewables.