Originally Posted by diver110

In today's NYT, there is a breakdown, state by state, of sources of energy. It had some surprises. One of the state's with the cleanest electricity? South Dakota! 80% clean. It gets over half of its energy from wind. Wind is a big deal in the middle of the country. CA is not as clean as I would have guessed (80%). In fact it is 60%. Oregon is about the same. WA, where I live, it is about 80%. Coal is still dominant in about 10 states, fewer than twenty years ago. The trend has been to replace coal with natural gas, but perhaps unsurprisingly, wind and solar are bigger players. Check out your state!