Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

Al Gore thinks that small-scale electricity producers will replace large coal-burning power plants:

Gore advised lawmakers to cut carbon dioxide and other warming gases 90 percent by 2050 to avoid a crisis. Doing that, he said, will require a ban on any new coal-burning power plants—a major source of industrial carbon dioxide—that lack state-of-the-art controls to capture the gases.

He said he foresees a revolution in small-scale electricity producers for replacing coal, likening the development to what the Internet has done for the exchange of information.

As far as I know there are only a few ways to product electricity; controlling water flow, burning coal or natural gas, wind turbines, and solar power. Wind and solar power are not that efficient yet, and water flow requires a flowing water source. So how does Mr. Gore think that these small-scale producers will create electricity without also creating CO2? And how will they be more efficient than the large scale plants? Or as dependable?

Why is it that every global warming solution results in us turning back the clock and losing some of what we've gained over the years?

Tip of the hat to Cafe Hayek.