Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s

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maxrev17•about 1 hour ago

I don’t get how it’s cheaper to dig up and transport coal than install a tonne of solar :s

Rebelgecko•21 minutes ago

The problem is the US doesn't have senators whose constituents make solar a key part of their identity (or if we do, those senators arwnt swing votes who need to be appeased and disproportionately porked up)

klysm•about 1 hour ago

It isn’t, but the whole night thing is a bit of a problem and storage isn’t there yet at grid scale, but it’s coming.

kadoban•3 minutes ago

Coal doesn't even compete with just solar, those aren't your two options.

Coal competes with literally everything else, and it loses to every single one of them. It's a terrible, terrible fuel. Burn natgas instead and you're already magnitudes better off.

Coal only exists today in the US because our politics is broken beyond belief.