Comment by K0nserv

Fossil fuels aren't just bad for global climate, air pollution (which is mostly local) kills 7-8 million people per year.

There's an interesting study that arises from a natural experiment based on coal subsidies in China[0]. It found that life expectancy in otherwise similar locations is 3 years lower where the subsidy is paid, and thus more coal is burned.

0: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1300018110