Yep, good post.But see this is where the very notion of ethical...

Yep, good post.

But see this is where the very notion of ethical verses unethical is fairyland. I understand you were only using coal as an example but continuing on with that example it would imply that Twiggy and Gina are unethical, as are the thousands of people they employ and therefore I don’t know what you’d label the taxes they pay?
Now I’d like to find a solar company or any “green” company for that matter that even makes a profit let alone pay any taxes. Unethical maybe? Perhaps it’s why so many of them are jumping onto the IPO carnival as private business would never take it on and the only way forward for them is to publicly list. The mind boggles eh.

Yes, one’s interpretation can be many things.

Trade the trade, bank your money.

Cheers.