Environment ministry pushes back on shift to coal

Why not hydrogen power (not fusion but from water electrolysis)? Plants could run a dual water electrolyzer (splits water into hydrogen and oxygen) and fuel cell (converts hydrogen and oxygen into water). It is obviously not perpetual energy, but could provide enough energy without pollution. Or electrolysis stations could be located in low energy geothermal or hydroelectric plants. The compressed hydrogen would get shipped to power plants around the nation to supply general electricity.

Push back is based only on impact on CO2 emissions. As usual, no mention of the pollution and health impacts of increased coal use.

1.2 gigawatt

1.21 jigawatts! Well at least they have just enough power to go back to the future!

Coal? Why not just chop the forests down and burn those too? Talk about a bad way to make electricity.