What about the trillions of dollars per year in damages, health costs, etc. due to emissions?
The answer to this problem is more precise and complete comparisons, not fewer.
Our point is that they aren't. Find a single study the fossil fuel industry funds, hell even accepts, that includes the longterm environmental and health costs. They’ll never agree it’s accurate. This ripples out to their proponents.
We have a US president touting “clean coal” in 2025. What else is there to say?
> Our Nation’s beautiful clean coal resources will be critical to meeting the rise in electricity demand due to the resurgence of domestic manufacturing and the construction of artificial intelligence data processing centers.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/rein...