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Why has the world started to mine coal again? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I'm more depressed than when I posted this

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (40 children)

Why are people so against nuclear? It doesn't make any sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

it's not about the power but about the waste. no one wants that in their backyard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Real talk, why can't we just launch that shit into the sun? Obviously, I understand the risk of a rocket filled with spent fuel rods exploding is low Earth orbit and the weight to cost ratio, but are there other reasons?