http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2005/7/10/192721/947

Now imagine this graph with fuel price increases and construction cost increases since 2004. Coal is just going in a big price tear, just like oil is on already.  Nuclear fuel prices are rising fast too.  natural gas is at risk at any time of huge cost increases.

Now add "clean" coal and CCS techologies to the coal bar in the graph, triple the construction cost?   Add the huge water use of coal.  Wind uses no water.

Now figure in mass production efficiencies just starting to be realized with wind power.  And the 20mw wind machines under design in Europe, bigger and taller is cheaper per kwh for wind.

Wind power rises with the cube of windspeed and wind at greater height goes much faster.  The power collected goes up with the square of the size of a wind machine rotor.

Why would anyone even think about building anything but wind?  And why would they ever consider more expensive versions of coal, like gassification, coal to liquid, and carbon capture and storage?

This "Alice in Wonderland" energy policy.  Alice flying around the globe on executive jets allocating billions for boondoggles.  What kind of mass delusion on the junkets of power causes this kind of insanity.