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title: "5 Think Coal Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/everybody-wants-clean-safe-energy-some-people-think-nuclear-is-the/)

[Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/)

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> [Tony Abbott might think coal's good for humanity, of course it was an important driver in the story of the Australian nation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-di-natale/tony-abbott-might-think-coal-s-good-for-humanity-of-course-it-was-an/)

[Richard Di Natale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-di-natale/)

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> [I don't think that all the coal miners - or even more realistically, say, the truck drivers whose jobs may be put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oren-etzioni/i-don-t-think-that-all-the-coal-miners-or-even-more-realistically-say/)

[Oren Etzioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oren-etzioni/)

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> [Not exactly. You see, Portia and I think that the coal miner thing's very overdone. No one will remember you in that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/not-exactly-you-see-portia-and-i-think-that-the-coal-miner-thing-s/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/suzanne-collins-60_black_not-exactly-you-see-portia-and-i-think-t_2891422.jpg)

> [One point I like to stress is that we should think of coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear, as clean energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-epstein/one-point-i-like-to-stress-is-that-we-should-think-of-coal-oil/)

[Alex Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-epstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/alex-epstein-37108_clean_one-point-i-like-to-stress-is-that-we-sh_3013229.jpg)

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