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Environment & Energy

CherokeeDem

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1. Thank you...

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 03:12 PM

Nov 2012

While I agree that we need to find a cleaner energy source, as someone with miners, past and present, in my family, I thank you for providing a safer environment for them. My family has been fortunate, and never lost anyone to a mining accident, but it is a fear so many live with constantly.

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cross post..a poduct I helped design [View all] backwoodsbob Nov 2012 OP

Thank you... CherokeeDem Nov 2012 #1

thank you backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #2

You are saving lives with your invention. yellerpup Nov 2012 #3

thank you backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #4

One of my great-grandfathers was a coal miner. yellerpup Nov 2012 #5

that was back then backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #6

He was a horse trainer in Oklahoma. yellerpup Nov 2012 #7

WOW! What a terrific invention! calimary Nov 2012 #8

thank you backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #9