You can't just re-start coal burning power plants easily. If the power plant has been shut down for more than 5-years... it's extremely costly and time consuming to bring it back online. When a coal plant has been shut down for 10-years, it takes nearly the same time, effort and cost as a new power plant would cost.
In the best of times, you could restart an older mothballed plant within 3-6 months. These days, with parts not available, electronics no longer easily available... it may take 6-months to a year to bring all of the old coal burning power plants on line at full capacity.
You can't just re-start coal burning power plants easily. If the power plant has been shut down for more than 5-years... it's extremely costly and time consuming to bring it back online. When a coal plant has been shut down for 10-years, it takes nearly the same time, effort and cost as a new power plant would cost.
In the best of times, you could restart an older mothballed plant within 3-6 months. These days, with parts not available, electronics no longer easily available... it may take 6-months to a year to bring all of the old coal burning power plants on line at full capacity.
...and who is going to supply the coal ?
Germany has coal mines.
Probably import it. Which should spell great news for West Virginia.
Convert all those American bioweapon labs in Ukraine into coal fired power plants.