There is no such thing as clean coal people, NO SUCH THING. Never was, never will be. Even if we can figure out a way to capture and store every single drop of CO2, mercury, lead and other noxious crap that comes from burning it, we will still be blowing the tops off mountains to get it. Even if we can figure out a way to beam it out of the ground using a non-invasive method, there is still only a couple years (maybe 100, maybe 200) of it in the ground…then what? Do you honestly think humanity only have a couple hundred years left? I for one think would have a good shot at being here longer. Wind, solar, geothermal, efficiency, these are out only hopes.