See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-seam_fire
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire
See: https://www.historyandheadlines.com/may-27-1962-the-real-sil...
I've had more power outages with the switching to green energy production than I ever had whilst coal was king.
The 'coal is unreliable' narrative comes from the fact our power stations are 50 years old. Not that the resource or the method to extract energy out of it is unreliable.
Next up - lead back in petrol to lower IQs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/climate/trump-coal-plants...