Lifetime of Coal (2023)

• 69%
• 2023
• Documentary
• Mo Jin-su
• Park So-hyeon

Coal-fired power stations are the first to go in responding to climate crisis. However, the greenhouse gas released during the combustion of coal is not the only problem. We find unfair social structure on the path of coal consumption. In the whole process of mining, moving, burning and disposing coal, the contamination and damages have been pushed to the local mining areas, the laborers, and the nature. We can't, however, continue to grow at the sacrifice of someone else. Development through exploitation has reached the end. About time to realize that our economic growth is relying on the deep-rooted externalization. Now, what do we need to change?