A Bleak Outlook for Trump’s Promises to Bring Back Jobs for Coal Miners

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/energy-environment/a-bleak-outlook-for-trumps-promises-to-coal-miners.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=E3136142F25682FFE7687D4E2D725F79&gwt=pay&_r=0 ^ | 11/19/2016 | Clifford Krauss and Michael Corkery

[Brad from Tennessee]

FROM Watts Up With That? November 7, 2016

China Doubles Down on Coal Despite Climate Pledge

BEIJING—China’s government said it would raise coal power capacity by as much as 20% by 2020, ensuring a continuing strong role for the commodity in the country’s energy sector despite a pledge to bring down pollution levels.

In a new five-year plan for electricity released Monday, the National Energy Administration said it would raise coal-fired power capacity from around 900 gigawatts last year to as high as 1,100 gigawatts by 2020. The roughly 200-gigawatt increase alone is more than the total power capacity of Canada.

By comparison, the agency said it would increase non-fossil fuel sources from about 12% to 15% of the country’s energy mix over the same period. Coal would still make up about 55% of the electricity mix by 2020, down from around two-thirds in recent years. . .

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/11/07/china-announces-a-massive-20-increase-in-coal-by-2020/

[Lazamataz]

Let's see: The NYTimes was completely wrong about Trump in the primaries. The NYTimes was completely wrong about Trump in the general election. The NYTimes lied repeatedly about Trump's comments prior to the election. The NYTimes was completely misrepresented Steve Bannon, Trump's consigliare.

But now -- NOW! -- they are accurate and honest.

Gotchya.

[DoughtyOne]

From the same people who swore:

Bleak Outlook for a Trump Presidency

[HerrBlucher]

The Trump presidency will make being a “denier” cool. The left will have to concoct some other environmental catastrophe to support unlimited government and taxation. It will be hard to beat the global warming scam in that regard though. As enviro scams go it is a doozy.

[angryoldfatman]

Trump doesn’t need to bring anything back online, that’s not his job.

His job is to remove barriers that currently stand in the way of ordinary Americans working out supply and demand problems in regards to energy, food, and every other product we Americans want.

Unleash the free markets and the need for government diminishes to practically nothing, except for the things it was founded for.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Computers with the "O" keys missing.

... as well as two pens (and two phones) ...

~ MM ~~

[Arm_Bears]

I seriously doubt either Messr. Krauss or Corkery ever worked a labor job in their miserable lives.

[The Antiyuppie]

The few jobs that last coal miners have aren’t low-skilled jobs, they are 60K+ engineering and mine technology jobs. The days of the auto industry or mining producing large numbers of medium-skill, descent-paying jobs is over, no matter how hard anyone wishes for them to come back. The best bet might be retraining and moving vans, and I’m not kidding about the moving vans. Appalachia also has fairly poor transportation infrastructure. Some spending there might make the area more attractive.

[Blood of Tyrants]

As quick as it takes to reverse Obama’s policies that caused them to shut down.

[Rebelbase]

“Get the EPA off of our backs, and we might be able to bring back some of the coal fired power plants.”

And stop the ongoing conversions of coal plants to natural gas.

[HamiltonJay]

Coal will likely never get back to where it was pre Obama... They literally lie, cheated and stole to destroy it... But it will recover under Trump, perhaps not to the level it once was but it will improve

[Nifster]

Coal would be less expensive if most of the regulations were removed

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

At least Trump will try.

[Navin Johnson]

Hey NYT... watch and learn.

[WKUHilltopper]

What’s the NY Slimes know?? From the same people insisting Killary the Krook would be president.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Wait till a year from now, I grew up in New york city and knew Trump since the early 1980s and met him twice personally when I did construction, totally down to earth guy. I mentioned this last year when he was running, he use to bring us egg sandwiches and coffee, I mean HIM personally and hand them out to us. Talk to any guy who worked on his construction sites back then, he was totally and utterly straight to the workers, never a bullsh*t artist and believe me - He is going to do exactly what he said he is going to do, and he is going to do it fast as hell. That's how he works, that's how he has always worked.

Wait till 2018 - Matter of fact, wait till this coming spring of 2017 when it becomes obvious as hell that he is totally kicking major ass. Don't EVER forget these mofos who bashed him every step of the way and who are still doing it after he won. All of these people doing that today are only effin themselves because THEY are going to look like the biggest fools on the planet by the middle of next year, like this "Hamilton" play bashing Pence. They committed suicide by bashing him. They exposed themselves as the racist mofos they are and all but confirmed that whole play is made up by racists which again explains why they put that racist ad out. Say GOODBYE Hamilton, you have been EXPOSED!

[Ouderkirk]

And with all of that coal available it will force Methane down in proce as these mines begin production again.

Obviously, you don’t restart a coal mine overnight, but in a couple of years I expect these mones to be producing again, and the cost of energy should conform to market pressures.

[Covenantor]

A+++

[Ouderkirk]

Also did the TImes forget theat their butt-boy Andrew (dumber than his father) Cuomo banned fracking in NY?

The Times staff and readers are retards...all of them.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The New Yawk Slimes=#fakenews. Trump hasn’t even been sworn in yet ***holes!