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eliminate hundreds of millions of tons of highly toxic waste, air pollution, tens of thousands of deaths annually

The nun has you hook - line - and - sinker I see...

What nun are you talking about? I'm referring to Bernard Cohen and this is a topic I've been studying for about 3 decades. Coal use is ubiquitous. It's cheap. But it's also dirty, produces huge amounts of toxic and radioactive waste (much more than all the nuclear plants combined), and is responsible for at least 10,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone. Of course, better coal than nothing, but better even fast breeder reactors than coal. For the moronic environmentalist left nuclear is to coal what gun deaths are for the anti-gun nut compared to automobile deaths and disabilities. Both are criticizing the wrong things for the wrong reasons.

eliminate hundreds of millions of tons of highly toxic waste, air pollution, tens of thousands of deaths annually

The nun has you hook - line - and - sinker I see...

What nun are you talking about?

"Coal is a moral issue,” said Marlene Perroti of the Sisters of Mercy. Because of its environmental, health and climate effects, use of coal violates religious values of justice, stewardship and respect for life, she said.

Oh, the nutcase, Marlene. Energy availability is a moral issue. Because of the way lack of energy causes poverty and disease, any attempt to displace coal in favor of something that costs more for the same amount of electricity or to reduce the amount of electricity available to who has it now and/or to prevent its introduction to regions of the world that desperately need it violates religious values of justice, stewardship, and respect for life. If Marlene were really interested in morality and helping the poor, she'd be first in line agitating for the widespread and worldwide use of nuclear energy and the electrification of every backwater town on the face of the planet.