On May 20, 2015, nine days BEFORE the government was inaugurated, I laid out «
Policy Prescriptions» - diversification of production, government revenue, and exports; imperative of a strong and credible economic team and cabinet; targeting «opportunity sectors» (solid minerals, refining and petrochemicals, a new and realistic fiscal regime for upstream oil and gas, private sector investments in power and infrastructure, agro-processing, retail and construction); freeing «up resources from downstream petroleum sector deregulation» emphasizing «an economic reality in which hard decisions including some previously rebuffed by the opposition will have to be taken» a
clear reference to the petrol subsidy which government waited a full year before countenancing the critical decision!
To hear «clean coal» mentioned among the first
prescriptions of Obama's energy
policy is, to my ears, a
clear signal that he intends not only to expand the use of coal, but also to «Invest» (see: publicly finance) any deployment of CCS.