There's still coal in the UK and it is high quality compared to say Germany - but it was initially a political decision by Thatchers government to switch to Ga

There's still coal in the UK and it is high quality compared to say Germany - but it was initially a political decision by Thatchers government to switch to Gas, to hobble the NUM. You right that the federal nature of the USA is holding it back - might have been ok for 18th century rich farmers a twenty-first century supper power not so much.