In 1977 President Carter made a call to America to use more coal for energy
It is always good to have a sense of perspective and without it we may repeat mistakes of the past. Below is the link to an address to the nation by President Carter in 1977. A Democrat and some would say progressive at that. And a genuinely good person as evidenced by his life path after presidency. So he is by no means evil or a shill for corporate interests. And in his 1977 address to the nation he calls for significant increase in use of coal for America's energy needs. H e also says that by the end of 1980s, the world is going to run out of oil and gas in the sense that from that point on annual production is going to be on decline. He predicts solar and wind will become significant sources of energy for the US in the medium term. So I repeat - he was not an evil person - this was the best information available to the President of United States at the time and certainly consensus of 97% of scientists too. And yet, it was massively wrong. Nobody "predic