The only benefit of coal? It's cheap and brings huge profits. That’s it. Otherwise it pollutes the air, its extraction causes long term health defects within the coal miners who extract it as well as the people who live around the mines. Oh and let’s not forget the long term environmental devastation mining coal causes. It makes one question the motivations of people who say "coal is our future...." or “we need coal."
The only benefit of coal? It's cheap and brings huge profits. That’s it. Otherwise it pollutes the air, its extraction causes long term health defects within the coal miners who extract it as well as the people who live around the mines. Oh and let’s not forget the long term environmental devastation mining coal causes. It makes one question the motivations of people who say "coal is our future...." or “we need coal."