Are more blackouts rolling our way? Coal and gas are needed to shore up our electricity supply: Robert W. Chase [Video]

As we plan for the future, we need to recognize the intrinsic value of increased energy reliability and diversity. But beyond that, we should not let policies designed to reduce carbon emissions divert us from paying attention to the need for a secure and dependable energy supply, with room for wind and solar power, writes guest columnist Robert W. Chase, who served as a professor and head of the Petroleum Engineering and Geology Department at Marietta College from 1978 to 2015.