As with oil, not only does coal ruin the environment when used as fuel, mining it can be pretty deadly as well.
We've had to learn that lesson yet again with the deaths of more than two dozen workers in a coal mine explosion in West Virginia yesterday.
Coal mining leads to things like this. In fact, another coal mining disaster killed a handful of people in China just last week.
Lessons learned (or still to be learned):
Our old fuel sources just aren't working for the people or the planet.
Coal mining is dangerous and unnecessary.
Oil leads to wars, and both oil and wars are unnecessary.
Both coal and oil, when burned, release unacceptable levels of carbon into the atmosphere.
It is time to switch to solar, wind, and other clean and renewable energy sources.
But, of course, that's not where the corporate robber barons are coming from.
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