It also misses that fossil fuels enjoy massive government subsidies, some explicit (tax credits, etc.), and many implicit (not having to pay the massive costs of the pollution they generate). Yes, coal is really cheap, but one reason it's really cheap is because we allow people who burn it to pass on a huge proportion of the cost to the public at large.
Any article discussing the cheapness of coal without mentioning the high hidden costs we pay in the form of pollution is really misleading.
There's also the mountain-top removal and other forms of destructive mining for coal, that will be a loss to future generations for thousands of years.
Any article discussing the cheapness of coal without mentioning the high hidden costs we pay in the form of pollution is really misleading.