I don't think new coal plants are rational at all. Re gas heating, I sure could've used some just this past winter during the Texas snowpocalypse. My apartment

I don't think new coal plants are rational at all. Re gas heating, I sure could've used some just this past winter during the Texas snowpocalypse. My apartment uses electric power for heating/cooking, so electricity was a single point of failure. Resiliency through diversity is a point I missed above.