What are the pros and cons of coal?

Since the discovery of coal, the impact of coal mining has resulted to the deaths of thousands year after year. Nonetheless, the deaths due to coal mining not only occurred in places without safety regulations such as China, but also to developed nations like the U.S. and New Zealand. read more

The people who still support coal, basically have one argument: that it’s a necessary evil, being the only source of energy within reach that is sufficiently abundant to keep up with our enormous and ever-growing appetite for energy. read more

So the advantages of Coal are currently overpowering those of the Cons of Coal. This despite Coal being the dirtiest form of Energy and causing many deaths globally. The main reason for the cheapness of Coal is that the societal costs are not added on explicitly to the Price of Coal making it seem artificially cheap. read more