Article: Coal is the enemy of the human race, mainstream economics edition
source: http://www.wiserearth.org/article/3ef8d0739b2b80fd32ac3304cdc66c72/new/1/group/GrandPlan
"And finally, I appreciate economic models, but we should also heed common sense. An activity that kills tens of thousands of people a year, poisons fetuses in mother's wombs, gives poor kids asthma, pollutes groundwater, toxifies soil, destroys mountains, and threatens to render the planet uninhabitable is not, by definition, cheap. If the the way you do your accounts makes it look cheap, then something is wrong with the way you do your accounts. If your politics gives it a place of privilege, something is wrong with your politics."
