>Industrial mining activities leach chemicals into the soil, cause lead and mercury contamination, groundwater contamination, habitat destruction, and so on.
And the alternative is oil drilling and fracking. Not only co2 emissions. Oil production is an extremely dirty process itself, and oil spills aren’t uncommon.
It’s pretty laughable that you frame it as though oil is only about co2 emissions. Reading your comment makes one wonder why you left out the “windmills kill birds” comment. Not to mention in a lot of places coal is being phased out entirely, in my state coal is a fairly small component of the energy mix.
And the alternative is oil drilling and fracking. Not only co2 emissions. Oil production is an extremely dirty process itself, and oil spills aren’t uncommon.
It’s pretty laughable that you frame it as though oil is only about co2 emissions. Reading your comment makes one wonder why you left out the “windmills kill birds” comment. Not to mention in a lot of places coal is being phased out entirely, in my state coal is a fairly small component of the energy mix.