Can't Count Coal Out

Don Brunell's column this week offers up another of what used to be called inconvenient truths, until Al Gore made it such a tired cliche we don't say it anymore. Brunell points out that coal will long be an essential element in our nation's energy supply.

..coal provides more than half of our nation?s electricity and will for at least the next 20 years. There won?t be enough alternative energy for decades? if ever? to replace it.

Still, as he points out proposed legislation threatens only coal-fired power plant. Here's how Sen. Craig Pridemore explains his position on YouTube.

Read Don's post. He's right. The senator is wrong.