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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
In Texas, you can sign up for an electricity provider who will buy an equivalent amount of power that you consume to put onto the grid from wind farms. If enough people do that, some coal-fired power plants might eventually be shut down as wind and solar farms are created to fill the contractual needs for electricity from sustainable sources. I've done that and look forward to eventually buying an electric car to eliminate burning gasoline, too.
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You can build all the wind farms you wish, but they do NOT replace coal plants, because it's not always windy. What are you going to do on a windless day? You need coal, gas, or nuclear plants for your "base load" power generation.