Climate Craziness is diametrically opposed to disinterested pursuit of knowledge. It is an industry and a religion that has nothing to with science. This article is breathtakingly hypocritical. Stick to philosophy and belief.

Be a bit more sensible to stick to facts perhaps.

Oh GOD!

Now we have philosophers talking about science, as if they were scientists.

I guess that would be the science of mumbo jumbo.

To be fair, its not really trump and co. who have destroyed the public's trust in scientists. now that most people know that the scientific community has used the same methodology on gender studies as they've use on climate studies, people are little bit confused.

Two essays, one of which relates to yesterdays essay by Don Aitkin
The other one is about Runners christian fundamentalist fellow travelers in the USA
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/24/extremely-nasty-climate-wake-up

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/trump_and_the_christian_fascists_20170723

Yes, agree. Reminds one of a film from Czechoslovakia, called of all things, Insane. And tells an improbable story where the lunatics have taken over and are running the asylum.

Even so if he and his moribund minions want to have a coal fired energy system/future? This is how it could be done!

Coal wouldn't be mined per se, but drilled to tap into the methane (CSG) gas reserves.

That gas could then be piped without the usual transmission line (11% av.) and distribution (64% av.) losses, then consumed where the customer was, in ceramic fuel cells.

The 80% energy coefficient of this method would enable quarter price energy distribution! Given the 80% energy coefficient of the combination beats coal fired, at 20%, 4 times over!

And instantly on demand! 24/7! And where the exhaust product is mostly( recoverable) pristine water vapor.

Moreover, given (lighter than air) methane is mostly hydrogen, with a few carbon atoms in the molecule. In steel pipes it acts as a reductant.

Meaning oxidisation is far less prevalent! As is consequential maintenance. And protected from storm and tempest, floods or fires, via underground installation!

Further, the usual flared methane that seems part of the panorama, with regard to gas wells? Can instead of being burnt, piped instead, through a relatively simple catalytic converter. Which knocks of a few hydrogen atoms to turn methane gas (a hydrocarbon) into storable/portable liquid petrol substitute, methanol. (also a hydrocarbon)

And just to ramp up the profit component/profit curve!

Cooperating landholders could have many of their issues addressed, with the desalination of any associated water via new deionisation dialysis of said water, which produces cost effective 90% potable water/cost effective broad scale, eternally reliable irrigation, via gravity feed systems! [Remnant salt could be converted via electrolysis, into saleable metallic sodium and saleable chlorine?]

Around thirty (perpetually green) acres per well? Cotton lucerne citrus, grapes, medical marijuana etc?

Plus power for quarter of current reticulated cost! And very affordable CNG to run pumps etc! Plus almost free (petrol substituting) methanol to run the petrol powered SUV/bikes/whatever?
Alan B.