With their insistence (like in the video below) on ending the use of nuclear power, some Democrats are unwittingly dooming us to a future of deadly coal use.  Coal plants belch toxic clouds of chemicals, mercury and CO2 into the air and cause serious public health concerns.   Rep. Markey (who is usually right on other environmental issues) should know better than to argue against nuclear power, because he knows the threat of climate change. No one is going to give up using coal unless there is a replacement that can immediately replace it with the same amount of power generation.   Coal usage is greatly exacerbating climate change, and the only thing that can replace coal in the foreseeable future is nuclear power. But Rep. Markey has another viewpoint. From Think Progress: The nuclear disaster in Japan continues to deepen the sense of devastation from one of the worst tsunamis in history. Despite a long history of concern over the safety of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, nuclear power boosters like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) now claim the ongoing meltdown is something “no one has ever really anticipated outside of science fiction movies.” Fueled by intense lobbying from the nuclear industry, [...]