Yes, we should understand the impact of newer forms of energy production, that's how evolution goes forward. Naturally older energy production methods stay onl

Yes, we should understand the impact of newer forms of energy production, that's how evolution goes forward. Naturally older energy production methods stay online while newer ones ramp up. But a lot of criticism of newer technologies come from people acting like Coal plants emit butterflies and oil didn't cause any problems. It's good to remind that both oil and coal also had a lot of problems during its technological ramp up (also because steam engines were evolving as well) but we forget about those with time.