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Every dollar of electricity generated from coal costs several dollars worth of health problems, its a net negative for a nation before you even consider climate change. Basically anything else is a better and cheaper option.

The only current problem with wind and solar in the US is the lack of it. There will need to be changes as it gets to a higher percentage of the grid but we already have various solutions for that, the main reason for not rolling out the solutions is the lack of problem to solve.




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