Almost everyone living right now. And yes you are right, coal is horrible. But atleast i can imagine some piece of technology sucking co2 and other toxic gasses

Almost everyone living right now. And yes you are right, coal is horrible. But atleast i can imagine some piece of technology sucking co2 and other toxic gasses out of the atmosphere. Less so with irradiated Elements. How to get radioactive saltwater out of the Pacific? Can't imagine how one would go about cleaning that mess up. Think of the near SciFi Solutions Tepco tries to Contain the irradiated groundwater. If you have to spend the Energy equivalent of another nuclear powerplant trying to create artificial Frozen earth barriers just to POTENTIALLY contain the mess you've made... Things get surreal.