“Coal is a portable climate.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wealth
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)

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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882

John Bellamy Foster (1953) Sociology professor and Marxist writer

Interview with Left Voice (2017)

“Long before we run out of oil, coal and gas, we will have to stop extracting them from the ground and burning them, if dangerous climate change is to be averted.”

Tim Jackson book Prosperity Without Growth

Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow, 2017 edition, Routledge, page 20.
Prosperity Without Growth

“I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.”

Peter Cook Beyond the Fringe

"Sitting on the Bench" (1961)
Beyond the Fringe (1960 - 1966)
Context: I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.

“I do think that climate change is occurring, that it is man-caused. One of the proposals that I think is a very libertarian proposal, and I'm just open to this, is taxing carbon emission that may have the result of being self-regulating. … The market will take care of it. I mean, when you look at it from the standpoint of better results, and actually less money to achieve those results, that's what is being professed by a carbon tax. … Coal is a great free market example right now. You and I do not want carbon emission. We don't want it. right now. Natural gas costs less than coal. So there are no new coal plants that are going to be built, given the price of natural gas. And that's something that you and I desire. So it's happening. I'm afraid that coal, from a free market standpoint, has been done in.”

Gary Johnson (1953) American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico

2016, Interview with CNBC's John Harwood (August 22, 2016)

“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”

Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) Welsh politician

Daily Herald, 25 May 1945
Speech at Blackpool, 24 May 1945.
1940s

“We’re not climate deniers, we’re climate tax deniers.”

Jason Kenney (1968) Canadian politician and 18th Premier of Alberta

[https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/graham-thomson-jason-kenney-quick-to-attack-ndps-climate-plan-slow-to-show-his-own On proposals for a carbon tax] (14 March 2018)
2010s

“See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?" "Because when he sings… even the birds stop to listen.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“Somehow it always comes back to coal at school.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“Liquefied coal, gosh. Hitler during the Second World War — I guess because he was concerned about losing his oil — liquefied coal. That technology is still there.”

Mitt Romney (1947) American businessman and politician

[2007-04-20, Romney's Energy Gaffe, Ryan Sager, The New York Sun, http://www.nysun.com/national/romneys-energy-gaffe/52883/]
2007 campaign for Republican nomination for United States President

“Writing is hard…. Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.”

Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

“Coal is a portable climate.”

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