I want to write a long post sometime called "The Dichotomy of Coal." All through its history in this country there have been issues both big and small about coal fromits mining to its use to its economic impact. Perhaps more than any other power source it haas had the most two-sided history of them all. For every strong pro there is a strong con and way too many of both.
Coal has no easy answers but its easy to understand how good people can come down on both sides. I grew up in eastern Ohio where strip mining was and is part of life. My grandfather's "Home Place" was strip mined away so I understand something of Mr. Peabody. But there was a flip side to that history in Harrison County that's also a part of it and creates the dichotomy on that level.
All something for another night......................