[j3097736]

>reminder of human presence.

Still not as bad as a plastic bottle on the ground.

[lkbm]

I think a better comparison would be smog and acid rain. Coal isn't giving us the plastic bottles, but it does negatively impact us in much subtler yet worse ways than a visual reminder.

[zhte415]

You don't inhale plastic bottles.

[mavhc]

Unless you're a fish