The elites don't like coal - clean or otherwise - it creates that horrible CO2 stuff that only plants like! Let's throw our money at things which create jobs in China, and only work when it's warm and sunny, or windy and wet. Coal burning is only for those foreign folk, so's they can use the coal-fired energy to make solar panels that Ed. can subsidise with other people's money, to make him feel good about his green credentials. I wonder what the alternatives to this are? Ah, yes, those fruitcakes and loonys are the only ones to differ from the proven wisdom of our ruling elites: