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New England Burns Jet Fuel To Keep Lights On

Posted by timothy on from the molasses-burns-well-too dept.

First time accepted submitter inqrorken writes "During the recent cold snap, New England utilities turned to an unconventional fuel: jet fuel. Due to high demand for heating, natural gas supplies dropped and prices skyrocketed to $140/mmBtu and prompting the Mid-Atlantic RTO to call on demand response in the region. With 50% of installed generation capacity natural-gas fired, one utility took the step of running its jet fuel-based turbines for a record 15 hours."

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  1. Whatcha gonna do? by reboot246 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The coal-fired electric generating plants will eventually all be shut down (thanks, Obama!); nuclear is never going to be accepted (or done right); natural gas is going to go through the roof when most of it is being used to generate electricity; and oil is considered a nasty fuel. Solar and wind may be nice, but they're years away from being able to supply our energy needs.

    You better hope the Earth is getting warmer because that's the only thing that will keep you from freezing your ass off.

    Satisfied now? Are you going to enjoy living in the 13th Century? I'm laughing my ass off. Ye fools!!