[Praxeologue]

While a portion of this target may be achieved by efficiency savings and by the transition from CO2-intensive coal to less CO2-intensive shale gas ..."

Apart from differing CO2 emissions, neither coal generation with current scrubber technology nor natural gas generation emit significant pollutants.

Unless you are a climate alarmist, there is no environmental reason to switch from coal to natural gas generation. Plus, coal is cheaper per BTU of output.

We are shooting ourselves in the foot.

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“We are shooting ourselves in the foot.”

And reloading. Soon we will run out of toes.