> We import natural gas from America which has higher CO2 emissions and cost than Coal,
Not true. Virtually all of the energy from coal comes from burning carbon, while a significant amount of the energy in natural gas results from burning hydrogen.
In fact, burning natural gas emits only about half the carbon for a given amount of energy output.
It could go the other way if the coal is domestic and the natural gas has to be shipped across world on a sludge-burning oil tanker. But why burn either of them?
Not true. Virtually all of the energy from coal comes from burning carbon, while a significant amount of the energy in natural gas results from burning hydrogen.
In fact, burning natural gas emits only about half the carbon for a given amount of energy output.