It was always a necessary “evil”. It brought us out of the dark ages. Prolonged life, improved quality of life, etc.
Duh.
Coal didn’t bring us out of the dark ages. The dark ages were from 456 AD to 800 AD and inky in western Europe, due to the collapse of Roman authority there.
The east didn’t have a dark age, leave alone China and India
the left adore the dark ages- buy ONLY for everyone else, not themselves-