I'm confused: If coal use really threatens to kill us all, why is the Australian Climate Change Hoax Minister assuring us that their coal industry has a "bright future"?

Combet rejects coal association's carbon campaign - ABC Newcastle NSW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Federal Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says the Australian Coal Association's attack on the carbon tax is nothing but a fear campaign.
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Mr Combet says the statistics are rubbish and the coal industry has a bright future.

"The facts are 19 new coal mines are committed or under construction, $70 billion worth of investment underway," he said.

Flashback: Climate, Coal and Crematoria - NYTimes.com

If we cannot stop the building of more coal-fired power plants, those coal trains will be death trains – no less gruesome than if they were boxcars headed to crematoria, loaded with uncountable irreplaceable species.”