Yeah, the recent push for coal as a substitute for oil isn't helping matters:
In a report destined to frustrate advocates for global action on climate change, the Paris-based International Energy Agency projected Tuesday morning that in five years' time, the amount of coal burned around the globe every year will increase by an additional 1.2 billion metric tons -- an amount roughly equivalent to the current annual coal consumption of the U.S. and Russia combined.
I know coal burning technology has come a long way, but it's still a huge step backwards. It's still dirty, it's still risky to mine, and it's still finite.