It's good to see that Hillary's economic plans for coal country are working!!!

[Sam McGee]

From Daily Kos:

Summary: A lithium-ion battery plant in California is moving to Kentucky coal country, bringing 850 good, current technology jobs.

Details:

EnerBlü, a company that makes rechargeable lithium batteries for mainline energy grids, microgrids, and electric cars, has transplanted its headquarters from Riverside in southern California to Lexington, the western edge of what used to be the heart of Kentucky coal operations. That will also be the site of its research and development center.

But there is a bigger, potentially more important project coming from the high-tech company: the establishment of Energy Innovation Park in Pikeville, on the eastern border of Kentucky, where 37 Appalachia counties are mired in economic stress, as bad or worse off than the bottom 10 percent of America’s 3,113 counties. The $400 million, million-square-foot EIP operation, located on the site of the former Marion Branch coal mine, will feature four manufacturing facilities, including a lithium battery factory.

Yes, I understand this means the loss of jobs in California, but, CA can replace the jobs. This is what Hillary had in mind for coal country -- good to see she's winning.

[kysrsoze]

1. I would think there would be enough demand for both states

But yes, seems like the right thing, though I suspect cheap labor was a factor and I don’t want to see PResident Assface get credit for something he had nothing to do with.

[msongs]

2. trumpenstein will take full credit nt

[world wide wally]

3. Exactly

[Sophia4]

4. Great news. These will, hopefully, be safer, better paying jobs.

We in California don't have enough housing for everyone who lives and works here. West Virginia and the rest of coal country has housing and room to build more. It's great that the factories are moving there.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. Damn good news for KY.

They will be near the University of Kentucky and not that far from the University of Louisville, whose engineering dept. is doing a lot of energy research.

Also, Pikeville is smack-dab in the poorest area of the state that mining has left behind. This will help tremendously with improving their schools and infrastructure.

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[betsuni]

6. I just finished reading the part about coal country in "What Happened."

Because the sentence where Hillary said she'd be putting coal miners and coal companies out of business was taken out of context and repeated endlessly:"If you were already primed to believe the worst about me, here was confirmation."

I've had the book since last year but haven't finished it yet because I get too angry at how easily Americans swallow propaganda.

[BSdetect]

7. Especially wrapped in deep fried patriotism.

[NickB79]

8. If Hillary had won, KY would have ten of these plants by now

Along with hundreds of solar panel and wind turbine installation jobs to go with them.

[lunamagica]

9. K&R for visibility.