“ Coal is usually promoted because it is cheap and plentiful. It is cheap only because the price of burning coal is paid by others. Those that suffer or die from illness caused by the widespread air, soil and water pollution it causes. Those that die from the increasing impact of global climate change caused, to a significant extent, by burning coal. Those that die in mining incidents. And it is not so plentiful that we can safely decide to lock in our generation choices for the next 50 years.
European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.
