Coal Won’t Go Gentle Into That Good Night

The ad below is a call to action focused on Australian coal miners, but it illustrates a larger point: there are interest groups on all sides of every issue—some helpful, others harmful.  Yet getting rid of destructive practices isn’t as easy as one might hope.  These people don’t look happy—and for good reason: what they’re doing to themselves and to the other seven billion of us is harmful.

You and I look at this ad and ask: given that every aspect of the coal industry causes disease, can’t we make it go away?

The short answer: no.