> There is no technical or economic reason to want coal power today.
For anyone wanting a slightly ranty but also informed description of why, I enjoyed this Hank Green video on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfvBx4D0Cms&pp=ygUPaGFuayBnc...
Technology Connections also released a great rant on it (and more) recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
That one was more about how "midwestern values" made him pro-solar, whereas the Hank Greek one was specifically about how bad coal is.