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BumRushDaShow

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6. "Carbon County, Wyoming (yes, thats a real place)."

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Sat May 27, 2017, 09:12 AM

May 2017

PA has had a "Carbon County" way before Wyoming became a state (and even before this Carbon County was established in that western territory).

And for the same reason - mining!

Slowly around that area and adjacent counties (as I saw a few years ago driving through on the way to Canada), there are wind turbines propped up along the hills....

It's almost otherworldly to see these if you haven't seen one outside of photos or videos.

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A Chinese company is offering free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers [View all] IronLionZion May 2017 OP

Embarrassing that it's the Chinese, not the US, doing this. OnDoutside May 2017 #1

I was thinking the same. n/t RKP5637 May 2017 #2

The US is promising to cut environmental regulations and get rid of immigrants IronLionZion May 2017 #3

That, is the type of retraining we were talking about in another post(s). Glad to see RKP5637 May 2017 #4

There are job opportunities out there IronLionZion May 2017 #5

"Carbon County, Wyoming (yes, thats a real place)." BumRushDaShow May 2017 #6

I grew up in rural western PA IronLionZion May 2017 #7

Yup BumRushDaShow May 2017 #8

That's pretty much what HRC offered (and then some) to do during Tanuki May 2017 #9

Yes! And now foreign states will take over our resources. yardwork May 2017 #10

They'll steal our wind? IronLionZion May 2017 #12

Republicans laugh openly about that IronLionZion May 2017 #11