[narcissismo]

Its not just the coal generator accidents but the weirdly long underground fires that rarely get a mention. Here's one article I found of a fire underneath some suburban houses: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-26/underground-fire-in-c... It casually mentions a decades-long struggle a primary school has had with an underground fire. Obviously not a very big deal for some folks.

I haven't read the actual study, but this write-up helped me understand the climate change denial phenomenon more clearly. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202012/...

[roenxi]

> weirdly long underground fires

That is not so unusual for underground coal fires. They can be all but impossible to put out. It has been a phenomenon basically forever [0]. I assume a lot of the modern ones are linked to mining activity, but they do turn up naturally from time to time.

I would advise people not to build on top of a known coal seam fire.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-seam_fire

[imtringued]

I don't think there is a climate change denial phenomenon.

There is a fossil fuel shutdown denial phenomenon. Companies want to keep making profits and consumers want cheap energy. It's not very surprising.