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Originally Posted by glenc
... The coal industry needs to pay for the damage they do and that will make renewable energy more competitive, ...
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What's this "they do"? Sounds like a hostile foreign power white-anting us from the inside!
The coal industry, although less than perfect in the health and pollution stakes, was developed by "us". Our own ancestors created it and we continue to use it and reap the benefits.
Now, on the strength of doom-and-gloom predictions that don't correspond with real-word data, we have to turn around and bite the hand that fed and clothed us, kept us warm or cool, and provided the conditions for better health and intellectual advancement.
Renewable energy needs to stand on its own technological feet, not be made viable by forcing arbitrary taxes on conventional power generation (i.e. the taxpayer).