[contrarian1234]

i feel the fact coal is so often considered separately from oil and gas to be very suspicious. Cant help but feel demonizing coal is plays into the interests of petro states.

Obviously we should be moving to green energy, but coal provides energy independence and doesnt fund horrid regimes..

a Coal plant seems way better for world peace than LNG plant

the cost savings could be put to developing green energy faster

[pipo234]

There is evidence that coal has worse environmental impact than other fossil fuels. For one, burning gas produces CO2 and water, whereas burning coal results in just CO2 (+ soot and other pollutants). Another is that (open) coal mines have devastating effects on large land areas.

So yes, best leave all fossil fuels where they are, but coal is especially bad.

[jedimastert]

I have a personal vendetta against coal in particular because of the way it destroys the entire communities and towns. Coal got an early head start in environmentalism villainy because it has immediate and very visible environmental impacts in the process of getting it out of the ground.