Why is no one pushing the gasification of coal? We have an eternal supply of coal and if you gasify that and turn it into SynGas, you can burn SynGas in giant internal combustion engines connected to generators. Plus, you can run those engines at WAY under peak needs for the majority of the day and then crank them up as peak demand comes online.
It's clean. It keeps coal mining going and it meets all demand. Am I making too much sense?