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2016 Postmortem

MattP

(3,304 posts) Wed Aug 10, 2016, 03:01 PM Aug 2016

Trump digs coal?

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Trump digs coal? (Original Post) MattP Aug 2016 OP

Whut? MineralMan Aug 2016 #1

Yup. He also insists the U.S. has a coal shortage. Eugene Aug 2016 #2

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

1. Whut?

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Wed Aug 10, 2016, 03:29 PM

Aug 2016

Eugene

(61,899 posts)

2. Yup. He also insists the U.S. has a coal shortage.

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 04:15 PM

Aug 2016

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/09/trump-wrong-on-coal/

He campaigned in West Virginia promising to bring back
the "good old days" of high coal employment.

No mention of how mountaintop removal eliminated
many coal jobs. No mention of how market forces
are hurting the industry.

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