"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:00:39 -0800, "Califbill"
wrote:

What about that coal or oil fired generating plant?

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Oil fired plants are becoming very uncommon as more and more of them
have converted to natural gas. Coal is being phased out everywhere
in the US. Petroleum is becoming a transportation fuel as opposed to
a stationary power plant fuel. Natural gas will eventually become a
transportation fuel also.

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Maybe in your area it is NG. I was just in Glenwood Springs, Colorado a
couple weeks ago for mini-vacation. There are all kinds of coal mines
around there and lots and lots of coal trains. We took Amtrak so got to see
lots of those trains.