Earth to guido83, you rely on solar energy every single day. Without it every organism on earth would perish. 

And, for more earth to guido83 news, Alberta cannot and does not rely on coal power for 100% of its electrical power. Coal plants are terrible at peaking. You know, providing electricity during those waking hours when you really need it. Same hours when the sun is shining like crazy in the amazing resource that is sunny southern Alberta.

Don't take these thoughts personally, however, as I absolutely agree with you on improving efficiency. At the end of the day pollution is waste. We can do better. 

Now, question is, how to you get some people to develop those new, more efficient solutions and then get others to actually adopt and utlize them? We already know what the oil, coal and gas industries would do in this regard if we left them alone. Nothing.