Quote:The coal industry has been dying for some time. I have in-law relatives that are coal miners. I assure you they would prefer an above ground job that doesn't give them black lung. Investing in solar or other renewable energy and repurposing those jobs to prevent economic depression in those markets would make sense. More coal or pretending it's clean is shortsighted.

 

Just because you mine coal here doesn't mean you have to use it here.

 

You do realize there are a lot of other nations that use and need coal, right?

 

There's no "clean" energy.  There's always a good/bad trade off for everything.  In fact, wind has been an unintended offender in killing a lot of wildlife (bats, birds, insects, etc.)

 

Short sighted is not being able to see the negative impact of your choices ahead of time but instead pushing agenda blindly without measuring the impact to people's lives.  Or, ignoring the impact to people's lives which appears to be the case with coal.  I agree those jobs should be steered, but not unplugged without any transition already in place.

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