Kinder gentler, friendly coal?  Well if coal industry thugs are going to invoke "pony spirits" they need pony hawk 'do's.

All coal industry officials, coal bribed politicians, and lobbyist/liars ought to be required to wear pony hawks then.  Like that kid on American Idol.  That would rule!

All pictures in Grist of these types should be virtually pony hawked to reflect these new "pony spirits".

BTW, this makes brave eco-warrior,wind power advocate, coal opponent (Kansas governor)Kathy Sebellius, the very best candidate for VP.  She is on the short list according to political rumor.

Fight the power!  Fight the enemy of every species on planet earth.  Dark, dangerous, dirty, corrupt COAL!

Turn it all into hundreds of years of natural gas reserves, underground.  That's our clean energy safety net, in case volcanic eruption or meteor strike put up enough soot to have a few years of :nuclear" winter.  Years without summwer, like that one in the 1800s was it?

Strategic energy reserve?  Coal converted to natural gas, by natural processes, natural bacteria farms underground.  It's a safe biotechnology ready to go now.  Close those coal mines for good!

Employ coal miners in this huge new gas industry.  Coal unions, take heed, move to this new energy field right now.  Start retraining your members.