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Farron Cousins says debates about coal are stupid - debating an energy source from 16's vs renewable energy. The coal industry is failing - not because of regulations - but because demand has fallen in half from China and India. Cousins says to transfer coal workers to a job that is not going to give them cancer.
He speaks of the republican state of Florida - tons of sun - and no renewables.
http://trofire.com/2016/05/13/coal-much-power-politics-even-though-dying-industry/
bernie_is_truth
(17 posts)His first sentence: "For some reason..."
His second sentence: "out-of-work coal miners..."
Someone should tell him that coal miners have traditionally been Democrat voters and being out of work is kind of a problem for them and their families which ***may*** affect how they vote.
Just sayin'.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)and climate change is a big problem. He is basically saying clean energy isn't some fantasy and they can be retrained in new fields. The Republicans say it's Obama's fault for trying to better regulate this industry, but the truth is coal prices are way down just like oil.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)http://trofire.com/author/farron/
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)with current coal mining equipment. That is what is putting coal miners out if work. Their corporate masters don't need them as much today as in the past.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)The death of US coal: industry on a steep decline as cheap natural gas rises
The agency said it anticipates natural gas will overtake coal as the countrys biggest source of electricity this year a projection that is expected to result in hundreds more layoffs in the coming months.
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