http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,2190587,00.html

Centrica will challenge decision on coal plant

Tim Webb
Sunday October 14, 2007
The Observer

Centrica is considering calling for a judicial review to overturn a government decision which excludes most energy companies from the contest to build the world's first green coal plant.

John Hutton, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr), last week barred most companies' existing designs by unexpectedly favouring an alternative clean coal technology.

Here you have it in print : James Hansen, leading vocal climatologist in the United States says that old-style coal-fired power plants will have to be bulldozed ! :-

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50795/?page=1

So, to diversify the nation's energy sources, the UK backs coal again. Why ? Because protesters are unhappy about the LNG liquid natural gas terminals and are camped out to stop the pipelines being laid ? No. Because the LNG supply situation might turn volatile (Russia, Middle East etc) and we have to have a policy to guarantee "Energy Security". What ? So Climate Change is THE biggest problem, but we NEED to have a guaranteed energy supply EVEN MORE ?

Why am I still worried that there is a pro-coal "Nu Coal" agenda building ? Surely people realise it would suicide to extend the use of coal as a major energy source ? Do I really believe that effective, low-cost Carbon Dioxide sequestration and storage will be proved and available in sufficient quantities in the near future ?

So, MIT release a study of the future of coal as an energy source :-

http://web.mit.edu/coal/The_Future_of_Coal.pdf

My Global Warming nightmare could be just about to begin...The international Climate Negotiations have had major players stalling, and putting their foot down for years.

And all this time, Petroleum, the easy crude sort, is rapidly becoming more expensive and more scarce. Meanwhile, just down below fertile lands around the globe is this hard black stuff, cheap to burn, easy to mine...