&gt; India has such a coal shortage they are making a pivot faster than many people think to Solar and Nuclear.<p>I&#x27;m sorry but those claims are so far out of phase with reality I have to respond.  India&#x27;s response to coal supply problems is to grow coal mining at double digit rates.  India is opening a new coal mine every month with the goal of doubling already large coal production in the next five years.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instituteforenergyresearch.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;india-opening-coal-mines-will-surpass-u-s-in-coal-production&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instituteforenergyresearch.org&#x2F;analysis&#x2F;india-opening...</a><p>This means that by the time the next US president tries to get reelected India will be producing more coal than the US.<p>India is definitely not &quot;pivoting&quot; to renewables.  If there is a &quot;pivot&quot; it is toward domestic coal over foreign coal.  The amount of new coal generation capacity <i>under construction now</i> is almost five times the <i>approved</i> (as opposed to under construction) nuclear and renewable capacity combined.  Details here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.industry.gov.au&#x2F;Office-of-the-Chief-Economist&#x2F;Publications&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Coal-in-India.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.industry.gov.au&#x2F;Office-of-the-Chief-Economist&#x2F;Pub...</a><p>And some large fraction of the approved renewable capacity is window dressing so renewable proponents and climate negotiators can make the claims you offered here.  It won&#x27;t be built.  Ten years from now India will have doubled it coal generation and that same token amount of &#x27;approved&#x27; renewable capacity will still be on the books.<p>India is all about coal and India knows it.  India just told Obama and the rest of the climate elites in Paris to sod off with their &quot;carbon imperialism.&quot;  India has no intention of ruining its growth on behalf of Western anxieties.<p>Right or wrong, that&#x27;s reality.