Oil Prices and the return of Coal

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_SgUQQUzpI3bm9u8Lg3ZAN7SfHA

More of the same. Instability leads to uncertainty. Uncertainty leads to price rises. Prices rises lead to the Dark Side.

In other news:-

Underground Coal Gasification is being touted as the next great thing:-

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2631117.ece

...but opinions vary on predicting reserves.

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/052504_coal_peak.html