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Coal industry lobbyists and politicians have been urging the Obama administration to ease up on its regulatory agenda and craft carbon dioxide emission rules that would allow the coal industry to survive.
All the while, reports indicate that hundreds of coal plants are slated to be shut down in the coming years.
The unveiling of President Obamas plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants earlier this summer stoked the fears of coal supporters who have already been hit hard by stricter environmental regulations.
However, the industry is not going down without a fight.
when in this country did you ever think YOU THE PEOPLE would have to BEG a frikken President FOR ANYTHING, Especially when it is about shutting down people's JOBS and livelihood?
this is not the Untied States I grew up in
Matt, I grew up in coal country, in a house that had a coal furnace, as did my first school.
Coal is the old black. There are no two ways about it, coal is on the way out. There's nothing that can be done to change that.
I feel bad, really bad, fucking awful for those that will be out of work. They'll be just like I was during the Rust Belt years. I know exactly how much life will suck for them.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Instead of begging Obama and Congress to continue with an obsolete industry, they can insist that their displaced workforce be included in rebuilding the country's energy grid. They can demand that solar panel factories be funded in their districts, and that wind farms be built on the old mine sites - and that they be trained and hired to maintain those windmills.
It's not just energy, it's energy efficiency - they can ask for window glass factories, or fiberglass insulation factories.
Ever been to Mammoth Cave? There's a lot of hillside in Appalachia, building homes into the hills instead of perching houses on a ridge could start a whole new geothermal-based housing boom, you never know.
I do feel sorry for people living in the coal and steel-producing areas.
It must be devastating to grow up in a region with so many jobs and much promise, and see those mills and mines close a generation later.
But does anyone remember the Miner's Strike in England under Thatcher?
She saw the writing on the wall for coal more than 30 years ago - and she was the High Priestess of Conservatism.
The real sadness here is that jobs that should have gone to Americans developing new technologies are instead going to Germany, Korea and the UK, because those countries are more innovative and more future oriented. If anyone is to blame for this, it is the Luddites who still think coal is the best way to produce elecricity.
Oh and I have been to the Mammoth Caves many times and the average temp is like 55 degrees and thank you very much but no freaking way do I want to live with that as my average temp in my house(when I lived in TN my family and friends would visit and it was a big deal to take them up to Kentucky to show them the caves)
Oh and I have been to the Mammoth Caves many times and the average temp is like 55 degrees and thank you very much but no freaking way do I want to live with that as my average temp in my house(when I lived in TN my family and friends would visit and it was a big deal to take them up to Kentucky to show them the caves)
Matt, I grew up in coal country, in a house that had a coal furnace, as did my first school.
Coal is the old black. There are no two ways about it, coal is on the way out. There's nothing that can be done to change that.
I feel bad, really bad, fucking awful for those that will be out of work. They'll be just like I was during the Rust Belt years. I know exactly how much life will suck for them.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Instead of begging Obama and Congress to continue with an obsolete industry, they can insist that their displaced workforce be included in rebuilding the country's energy grid. They can demand that solar panel factories be funded in their districts, and that wind farms be built on the old mine sites - and that they be trained and hired to maintain those windmills.
It's not just energy, it's energy efficiency - they can ask for window glass factories, or fiberglass insulation factories.
Ever been to Mammoth Cave? There's a lot of hillside in Appalachia, building homes into the hills instead of perching houses on a ridge could start a whole new geothermal-based housing boom, you never know.
I think the first thing to happen would be for the AGW Cult members to go without heat in winter or AC in summer, I'd feel bad for them, but that's the kind of sacrifice they need to make
We can use the NSA data to locate them them turn their power off...and save the planet
I think the first thing to happen would be for the AGW Cult members to go without heat in winter or AC in summer, I'd feel bad for them, but that's the kind of sacrifice they need to make
We can use the NSA data to locate them them turn their power off...and save the planet
I can go for that...shouldn't they lead by EXAMPLE?
Obviously you are ignorant of the clean coal technology developed in Europe.
I do feel sorry for people living in the coal and steel-producing areas.
It must be devastating to grow up in a region with so many jobs and much promise, and see those mills and mines close a generation later.
But does anyone remember the Miner's Strike in England under Thatcher?
She saw the writing on the wall for coal more than 30 years ago - and she was the High Priestess of Conservatism.
The real sadness here is that jobs that should have gone to Americans developing new technologies are instead going to Germany, Korea and the UK, because those countries are more innovative and more future oriented. If anyone is to blame for this, it is the Luddites who still think coal is the best way to produce elecricity.
Obviously you are ignorant of the clean coal technology developed in Europe.
Obviously you are ignorant of what Clean Coal Technology costs.
It is far, far more expensive than wind or nuclear, genius.
Why would you even comment on Clean Coal if you know nothing about it?
I do feel sorry for people living in the coal and steel-producing areas.
It must be devastating to grow up in a region with so many jobs and much promise, and see those mills and mines close a generation later.
But does anyone remember the Miner's Strike in England under Thatcher?
She saw the writing on the wall for coal more than 30 years ago - and she was the High Priestess of Conservatism.
The real sadness here is that jobs that should have gone to Americans developing new technologies are instead going to Germany, Korea and the UK, because those countries are more innovative and more future oriented. If anyone is to blame for this, it is the Luddites who still think coal is the best way to produce elecricity.
ROFL! Green Energy is bankrupting Germany and every other country that spent heavily on it. Many Germans can't pay their power bills because subsidies to wind and solar have doubled the price of electricity. Over 800,000 have had their power shut off.
Yeah, that sure seems like a smart policy for the economy.
