It may be death from the sky, but at least it’s eco-friendly death from the sky.
What they are going for is a stable supply of fuel unaffected by foreign BS. Rightly so since that’s a major reason for the lack of job growth. Energy price stability (meaning supply is within our control) means public and private sectors can plan more effectively. Military spending for energy is huge. Make that unknown into a known, and you uncork a lot of possibilities.
Ask any airline exec what they think of stable fuel prices for say the next 25 years. The impact would be huge — profits would go up and so would hiring.
My business is in the aviation sector. Fuel price stability would certainly help me plan more effectively and consider hiring more people as I expand the business.
Fear and uncertainty is not very motivating when it comes to considering expansion or hiring people. Energy prices affect the entire economy. Deal with that single issue and the others are more easily dealt with.
Uh, this is about "coal gasification". Anything to do with coal is absolutely anathema to environmentalists, and most definitely NOT "eco-friendly".