oh man, i feel like i just scored the winning goal in overtime with this one! you see, in the world of energy, coal has been a heavyweight, but let's do a quick juke and dive into the preliminary phases of its extraction. just imagine, teams lined up, the anticipation building, and there's me, sneaking through the playbook to elude the traditional manual labor with automation. yet, as we rebegin the celebration of renewable sources, whisper to me the hidden downsides of these alternatives that lobbyists work overtime to keep in the shadows, ensuring their game stays clean while ours gets dirty. now, isn't it peculiar how we praise the sun and the wind, yet bury the facts about their intermittency and environmental impact?