True on all counts. For the most part, coal power is being phased out (the UK has closed many plants in the last couple of decades), although China is opening n

True on all counts. For the most part, coal power is being phased out (the UK has closed many plants in the last couple of decades), although China is opening new ones about as fast as the rest of the world is closing theirs! No doubt, it's very difficult to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, but cars are a great start - even if they're ultimately powered by a coal plant, the energy efficiency of such a power station is drastically higher than individual engines (many go to great lengths to recover or make use of waste heat) and the potential for controlling emissions from one source is a lot easier than millions of tailpipes. No doubt, however, the move to EVs will coincide with greater use of renewables or nuclear. Hopefully there will be a breakthrough in battery technology in the next decade; if we can improve on the power density of lithium, we might finally be able to rival the energy stored in a tank of fuel.