“In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.”
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The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs, ' like the health effects of air and water pollution.
Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting hall, but as a guerilla war to be fought in the streets.
When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.
But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid.
