We absolutely should end coal as soon as possible, along with oil and natural gas. We should also develop and scale methods for pulling CO2 back out of the atmo

We absolutely should end coal as soon as possible, along with oil and natural gas. We should also develop and scale methods for pulling CO2 back out of the atmosphere. Just ending emissions avoids the worst outcomes but still leaves us with a bad outcome. If politicians were not incompetent morons then we could have solved the problem a lot sooner without having to pull CO2 back out of the air, but here we are. Also, there are some applications, like long-haul jets, that will be very difficult to electrify, and DAC gives us a way to make liquid hydrocarbons for them without any net emissions. Biofuel is another way in theory, but not always in practice, and it takes a lot more land area.