If climate change is REALLY a serious problem, we should restrict ALL unnecessary production of whatever gasses these assclowns consider to be bad.
Check back with us when all private jets are banned, mega mansions are forced to use the same amount of power as a bungalow, we all drive the same crapmobile (probably from GM), and we all eat rabbit food.
Sorry, but when fat boy actors, fat boy senators, and dumb ass presidents ride around in jets...ain’t buying the argument.
Even if some new technology with zero emissions came on the scene and it could produce power at about the same cost as coal, it would still make us all poorer.
The cost of replacing existing coal plants is money unavailable for other needs. We’re broke and getting more so thanks to the do gooders.
The largest consumer of energy in the world is the U.S. federal government, which also has the least to show for it. Fedzilla gets bigger every year via the votes of the global warming crowd. If they really gave a damn about needless pollution they'd vote to spin down the size of government.