Excellent news. Our society, politicians, physicists, culture, etc. should understand that the best method of moving our society from carbon energy, such as coal and oil, is to build means of producing vast amounts of electricity at the lowest possible cost to the consumer or industrial plant, even if it is coal and oil fueled electricity during the transition. Too many idiots, and I use that word kindly, think that the transition should be accomplished by artificially increasing the cost of coal, oil, and all forms of electrical generation and forcing us away from natural gas, and other carbon fuels before the technology exists to transition to electric devices. The focus should be massive amounts of electricity at the lowest possible cost to the consumer.
Note: Recently I reviewed some very large mining tractors and processors which are fueled with electricity.
If we don't plan the trip well, we will starve and die on the way to the promised land. It still will require large amounts of carbon fuel to grow our grain, fruits, and vegetables., and to feed the animals, if we are so inclined to eat the beasts.
Climate news reminder...the highest temperature day in USA history was in 1913, 110 years ago. That record has not been broken. It is true that the hottest summer days seems to have shifted on the calendar, and a few daily records are being broken. Seasonal records are mostly unchanged. Temperatures in excess of 110 degrees in some Sothern states were common 60 years ago. This year is no worse, although a very large high pressure dome has been sitting over the Western states during the last few weeks. That dome is now moving Eastward, and the Eastern states may become a bit hot. I believe the 110 year old USA temperature record will not be broken.
