The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal
Trump's politics are driven by nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and lack of environmental regulations created his vision of a great America.
Coal freed the world from premodern drudgery and cold, fueling the Industrial Revolution and rising standards of living after 1800.
However, this freedom came at a cost: slaughtered workers, rising carbon dioxide levels, and the threat of planetary ecological catastrophe.
Today, coal dooms the world's future with environmental destruction, carbon dioxide emissions, and dangerous working conditions that kill through work, pollution, and climate change.
What drives Trump’s politics is nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and no environmental regulations created his version of a great America.
Author's summary: Coal's impact on America's past and future.
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