""we need to start shutting down coal fired generators if we are...

""we need to start shutting down coal fired generators if we are to make any difference"

And replace them with what "

that's the mess we have got ourselves into - there is no "replace" - they need to be shut down - period.

i realise the full implications of that statement and i also realise that greedy selfish humans won't do it but it doesn't change anything

the whole climate change thing is depressing - the deniers won't face facts and everyone else is desperately trying to find alternatives when there aren't any

as i said earlier, it became apparent in the 1960s and we did nothing. now the pill will be even more bitter to swallow but we really have no choice and it is our own fault. if we don't act, it will be forced upon us.