My point is: that if we make a strong support for coal, we may force them (liberals) to support Nuclear as a counter position. Which is what many of us really want anyway.
Coal may be the good deal after all - ask yourself, how much did it cost to clean up Three Mile Island? Who paid for that?
I'll admit being pretty much against nukes, if, for no other reason, the cost of waste disposal...the power looks cheap because a favorite Uncle picks up the tab.
That said, it is possible to build and run nuke plants safely, as the (I hate to say) French have so demonstrated.