Is America ready to quit the enemy of the human race?

By David Roberts · Gristmill (Grist Magazine)

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David Roberts comments on a New York Times article by Melanie Warner about America's potential transition away from coal. Roberts identifies three major barriers to eliminating coal: public fear that renewables cannot reliably replace it, concerns about rising electricity prices, and utility industry inertia. A Southern Alliance for Clean Energy representative is quoted explaining that utilities resist moving away from large centralized power plants unless forced to do so.

Utilities like to plan their world around big traditional power plants. Only when they are forced are they willing to rethink that business model.
Stephen A. Smith

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