Dude --

I'll second you on Dave Cohen's piece. Very cogent on the economics and nice read on the ideological fault lines as well.

Denmark's case is a terrific example of why expanding renewables won't kill the existing coal fleet. Neither will a big fat carbon tax. To be fair, though, putting these in place will very likely stop new coal from being built.

Best precis I've read in a while. Thanks for linking it in!

Steve,
Denmark's case is a terrific example of why expanding renewables won't kill the existing coal fleet.

Denmark is only 1% the land area of the US and has no hydro resources or good solar resources. The US already produced ten times the wind energy of Denmark, so I don't think it's very relevant to "expanding renewables" on a continental scale.