...governments are going to leave all ? all that coal and uranium and oil in the ground? Or am I delusional that they're going to dig it up and sell it anyway?
they will end up using the resources available to them. The US has made a major mistake by not maintaining energy independance. All nations should utilize their own resources if possible.
one of the biggest mistakes we made was allowing Clinton to compromise our intermountain basin coal reserves, and selling out to china for a couple of campaign contributions.