To coal or not to coal?

Given the loud shrieks of climate change zealots, one would think that the world is going to end in a few years if we don’t give up coal entirely and immediately.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) famously claimed in 2019 that the world was going to end if we didn't do something drastic within 12 years. (Speaking of which, I would be very interested to see whether she is saving for retirement, given her public claims that the world is likely to end before she reaches it.)

President Trump (like most rational people) doesn’t agree that the sky is falling. This is why he signed an executive order aimed at revitalizing America’s coal industry, promising that the U.S. will be safe from the wayward winds of global politics that have sent electricity prices skyrocketing in other countries compared to our own.

This decision means only good things for America’s economy and national security. The main question is, what does this mean for climate change? I would argue that it means nothing, and I will explain myself here.

Contrary to what climate change deniers will tell you, there is no doubt that the world has gotten hotter and has been getting hotter at a much faster rate over the last 50 years or so. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that that isn’t the best news.

However, the broad agreement on this point falls apart when you move on to the question of what will happen next. Specific predictions of dire........

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