Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
Author: Navajo Joe
Date: 02-02-2025 - 05:06

The power plant at Laughlin was fed by a coal slurry pipeline from Black Mesa that was built and originally owned by Espee's pipeline subsidiary. With its water consumption, it might not have been the smartest move in the arid Southwest. What did they do with all the water after they were done hauling coal with it? Did they dump it in the Colorado River? Maybe the lettuce that was grown in the lower Colorado River valleys had a crunchy taste to it.

Could part of the reason the plant at Page was shut down was due to the coal deposits at Black Mesa being depleted? As they've found out in the Powder River Basin, once the east-to-get coal has been mined, expenses go up when you have to go after the harder-to-get coal. And when THAT coal has been mined, then you take it up the kazooie with no lubricant.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Ivan Paw 02-01-2025 - 13:33
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Coal dust is a must 02-01-2025 - 15:06
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Oh My 02-02-2025 - 07:11
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Wonderer 02-02-2025 - 07:21
  6-10, no problem Times a changing 02-02-2025 - 08:44
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert BOB2- energy expert 02-02-2025 - 02:47
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Navajo Joe 02-02-2025 - 05:06
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Jean Nipton 02-02-2025 - 10:30
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert exhaustedbyED 02-02-2025 - 11:02
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert FUD 02-02-2025 - 13:51
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Jean Nipton 02-02-2025 - 14:53
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert Zappo 02-02-2025 - 16:00
  Re: 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert FUD 02-03-2025 - 08:29
  Re: Faster, better, cheaper.... And no, this will likely not bring back more coal trains... BOB2- 02-02-2025 - 17:06
  Yes, solar photovoltaic is now the Way to Go Commenter 02-02-2025 - 19:22
  Re: Yes, solar photovoltaic is now the Way to Go. Should going off of the grid be illegal? BOB2- 02-03-2025 - 09:11
  I hope that was the fake Bob2. Because it reads like Helen Keller trying to describe a mountaintop view Alamo 02-03-2025 - 21:33
  Re: I hope that was the fake Bob2? Meanwhile... Yeah, it's Texas and these attempts have mostly failed. BOB2 02-04-2025 - 09:30
  Re: I hope that was the fake Bob2? Meanwhile... Yeah, it's Texas and these attempts have mostly failed. FUD 02-04-2025 - 18:05
  Consumer electric cost: Lowest is UT 10.91 cents. TX is 29th 15.6 cents. Average is 17.01 cents. CA next to last 32.68 cents Alamo 02-04-2025 - 21:39
  Re: Consumer electric cost: Lowest is UT 10.91 cents. TX is 29th 15.6 cents. Average is 17.01 cents. CA next to last 32.68 cents? BOB2 02-05-2025 - 07:29


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