A well seasoned physicist and climate researcher said last week that the USA and Europe are likely to quietly move toward restarting and construction new coal and carbon based electrical plants in order to provide the electricity and energy needed to see the earth through the text fifty years as as the planet transitions to more electricity consumptive cars and other technology. The electricity demand of cars alone will grow faster than our current projects can provide energy. ; The amount of land to construct land based solar and wind energy; plants is huge, and balancing the need for land to build all the needed solar and wind energy plants has negative impacts on the plants, wildlife, scenic vistas, and land needed for conservation efforts of these valuable resources of flora, fauna, and views. Wind and solar projects may negatively impact the natural landscapes for more than thirty ;miles.
meanwhile, the coal demand from other parts of the planet are looking to the USA to mine and export large amounts of coal to met their needs. They argue, among other things, that if the USA is outgrowing the willingness to use the vast amounts of coal in the USA, then in order to preserve the US economy and the employment of the union coal workers, train and truck drivers, and members of the ILWU (International Longshore & Warehouse Union). Rumblings have been increasing with ILWU workers at ports handling coal exports. They have thousands of jobs to conserve and promote. The ILWU is headquartered near the wharf in San Francisco.
Participants of Nature Conservancy are also raising concerns on the inherent risks of particularly large scald wind and solar plants near wilderness areas an in the natural habitats of endangered animals, particularly birds. There are growing number of deaths among endangered and threatened species of fast moving quiet wind turbine blades, and the head surrounding solar plants. Solar mirrored reflector instillations and kill a flying bird flying through the heated air between the mirrors and solar tope of the solar tower that received all the reflected light. The air to so hot that the birds ignite mid-flight and fall dead to the ground leaving a trail of smoke for the burning feathers (can not help myself referring to these streaming burning birds as party streamers. The plant managers call these burning birds "streamers. To some of those sick minds, this is seen as entertainment)
Back to coal. So our coal industry looks like it may get a might boost in demand from coal hungry nations and industries on other continents.
