But let us be clear about what it is guilty of.

One would reasonably believe in a connexion between exposure to coal and coal dust, and cardiopulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, other ailments affecting the lungs, and hypertension.

But diabetes, and hypertension again, should perhaps only be correlated with coal-mining, not treated as effects.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

You can burn coal and have the result be clean and white as a bar of Ivory soap if you just invoke the proper arcana.

It's all explained here on Grist.

Of course it's still burningcoal but, really, it's much, much better.

Put the Carbon Back