Laws Of Energy Economics Present Reality For New Administration: Gas Is Cheaper Than Coal

It is hard to imagine that President Trump will be able to reverse the laws of economics and promote coal as a power source, even if he undoes the Clean Power Plan, because coal remains simply out of the money as a fuel source unless the federal government were to offer the coal industry and coal-fired power plant owners significant federal subsidies and tax breaks. So far, President Trump’s team has not proposed any such ideas.