Cut the Clean Coal Mantra and Start Renewable Revolution

Joe Romm on Salon writes: Coal? Natural gas? Nuke? We can wipe them all off the drawing board by
using current energy more efficiently. Are you listening, Washington?

As Romm explains, 

"America is the Saudi Arabia of energy waste. A 2007 report from the international consulting firm McKinsey and Co.
found that improving energy efficiency in buildings, appliances and
factories could offset almost all of the projected demand for
electricity in 2030 and largely negate the need for new coal-fired
power plants."

Well worth a read. As we have said on this site (in fact, we have a whole section on it), there is a better way.