We have the most coal and these days it can be used cleanly.
We won't have black cities like Pittsburgh in the 60s.
I cite this study over and over...folks seem to miss it.
We need to flip the bird to the middle east. We have enough coal for our energy needs for 500+ years. EFF oil, EFF the middle east. We also have Roserun formations all over the country that havn't been tapped. We have everything we need here in the USA, let Japan and Europe fight over Middle East Oil...BURN THE DAMN COAL THAT WE HAVE!!! Can't someone let W know these simple facts? Mind Boggling.
Very true - we can burn coal much, much cleaner today and it comes with a lot of other advantages (however, some fall-backs as well)
Nonetheless the coal option would be a good step in the right direction -
Nuclear energy would be a huge step ...that along with more refinery capacity for oil -