Yeah, coal is obviously WAY worse than solar vis a vis carbon dioxide. I'm not disputing that. But compared to other renewables, it doesn't do as well as you'

Yeah, coal is obviously WAY worse than solar vis a vis carbon dioxide. I'm not disputing that. But compared to other renewables, it doesn't do as well as you'd expect: - wind: 11 g / kWh [1] - nuclear: 12 g / kWh [2] - solar PV: 45 g / kWh [3] - gas: 450 g / kWh [4] Of course, 12 g vs 45 g is NOTHING compared to 45 g vs 450 g (and coal is another 2x atop gas!), so I'm making a bit of a mountain out of a molehill. [1] http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_wind.html http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_wind.html [2] http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_nuclear.html http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_nuclear.html [3] http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_pv.html http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_pv.html [4] http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_ngas.html http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/sustain_lca_ngas.html