Coal

It's hard to tell from this picture, but the full coal trains running through Nebraska (where this pic was taken) to the link hub in Illinois are miles long. Half of the electric generation in this country is coal fired.





Coal industry caught faking supporters.

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03 Jun 2008: Opinion The Myth of Clean Coal

The coal industry and its allies are spending more than $60 million to promote the notion that coal is clean. But so far, “clean coal” is little more than an advertising slogan.
by Richard Conniff