Most of the power where I live comes from water and nuclear, then coal. But yes I do know what you mean. But dont think that the CURRENT and PAST reliance on coal means we should roll back laws made to keep water clean, lmao. Come on. Thats cheating
Want to burn coal? Fine. Do it within the laws. But rolling back a law PURELY because doing so will make your operation "legal" again is pretty piss poor reasoning. The water in West Virginia didnt miraculously become cleaner when they rolled back the law. It only made dumping waste into it legal again, at the DIRECT expense of the residents. And the government doesnt kick in money for them to buy their water now since they can not use their wells anymore. They're hopelessly contaminated. Check out youtube or something for mountaintop mining, or similar.
But no worries, the government DOES kick in more money for the coal industry to try mixing it with cow shit in the hope that it burns "clean". Priorities. Priorities.
How much money in grants does the US government supply to alternative sources? When it's the same amount it grants to coal and oil, then we can debate why were were idiots back in the day of burning fossilized plants and animals.