International Energy Agency wrong to forecast coal’s demise

Renewable energy has only been able to survive thus far because it is heavily subsidized by tax dollars. These subsidies have, unfortunately, caused coal-fired power stations to be less profitable to operate, by comparison, compounded by the fact that regulations have crippled the industry. It is important to increase our expansion of coal plants, Storm tells us, to keep up with growing electricity demand. 800,000 MW (megawatts) of new power generation, the equivalent of EIGHTY New York Cities, will be needed in the U.S., for example, in the next 25 years to keep up with demand. This is simply not possible with renewable energy, and although nuclear and other conventional power will be significant players in this, coal will remain a steady, reliable power source to provide us with these vast amounts of power.

In a misguided attempt to control the climate, the Australian government's Net Zero Economy Authority tells us, "As Australia transitions to net zero by 2050, our coal-fired power stations will gradually close and our energy will come from renewable sources, like wind and solar."

That is a sure-fire recipe to learn the country bankrupt, hungry and freezing in the dark. Australia should build more coal plants and so see its electricity prices plummet and no longer be at the mercy of unreliable breezes and sunshine that cannot sustain the grid.