dude, if we was gonna think like that we were still burning trees

times change so do our perspectives, coal was good to propel our economy in the we needed the boost, now there is technology out there and we only need to expand it

i dont see whats wrong with new coal-powered plants being more expensive due to pollution burden they impose on everyone while clean energy plants like wind and solar getting a break or receiving an incentive

the only losers on such a thing will be the coal miners and their industry... smarter ones will be looking out for retraining from now. more stubborn ones would like to keep it they way its been for so many years

the same shit with US companies pushing them gas guzzlers to people, guess what? gas prices reached a level where all those sweet traditionalistic dreams turned to real nightmares forcing assembly lines and dealers who didnt put their eggs into more than one basket (including all the people who worked for them without having a plan B) to shut down. only the smarter ones quickly read the market and did the switch

Ford n Chevy just closed their eyes and said its not gonna happen, why do we bother with all the crap for designing fuel efficient and newer cars and concepts, we keep making the boxes n people will be duped into our "truck month" ads n everything will be gravy... too bad, people woke up when they were paying $100 or more for one week's gas cost within 3-4 years of paying $30-$40

so if people involved in coal industry are smart, they can only read the future, look the best they can do is to delay this and fool themselves, it will happen eventually, so better take proper action to be able to cope