Posted on 02/17/2017 6:04:32 AM PST by Enlightened1
President Trump signed legislation today rescuing coal miners and the coal industry from hateful liberal politicians.
Several coal miners were in the room today for the special event.
Trump promised to rescue coal miners during the campaign.
Hillary promised to kill all coal mining jobs and put thousands of families out of work.
Today President Trump made good on that promise.
The legislation could help protect coal miners from legislation that blocks American companies from mining new reserves.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Nah, my friends are believing their Fake News. Whatever the Mainstream Media tells them, they believe.
Hey Jake Tapper. This is what you tell a starving child in Appalachia.
There used to be long trains from the west coming through central Minnesota loaded with coal for our power plant in Becker, MN. Don’t see them anymore.
It’s pretty remarkable what you can accomplish when you don’t give a f%*k about the MSM or your ‘Legacy’!!!
Lots of other countries will be delighted to have it.
coal mining will not make a comeback.
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It’s a superb export product.
I not a coal miner ...I don’t even know a coal miner...but this had an emotional tinge!!!
Coal is exported by the ship load.....it is a world commodity!!!
Evening news last night characterized the repeal as a return to polluting streams and rivers. I believe the Clean Water Act protected the waterways, not this EO. Just what did the EO regulations removed say??
Bs. 150 coal plants were shuttered during the stupid little Muslim kid reign of terror and many more plants were cut back by the EPA ecoterrorists.
"...it is better to compare nuclear production costs to coal production costs, which averaged 3.23 cents per kilowatt hour in 2011 and to natural gas production costs which averaged 4.51 cents per kilowatt hour."
Electric Generating Costs: A Primer
| Table 8.2. Average Tested Heat Rates by Prime Mover and Energy Source, 2007 - 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Btu per Kilowatthour) | ||||
| Prime Mover | Coal | Petroluem | Natural Gas | Nuclear |
| 2007 | ||||
| Steam Generator | 10,158 | 10,398 | 10,440 | 10,489 |
| Gas Turbine | -- | 13,217 | 11,632 | -- |
| Internal Combustion | -- | 10,447 | 10,175 | -- |
Average Tested Heat Rates by Prime Mover and Energy Source, 2007 - 2015
Many Power Plants were converted to gas. They’re not going to convert back.
As long as natural gas is so cheap, coal mining will not make a comeback.”””
The majority of power producing plants east of the Mississippi are powered by coal. You cannot just ‘switch’ things over to gas.
Millions of homes are still heated by coal & radiators.
Steel mills use coal to produce steel, and the old U S Steel mills ae being re-opened.
I personally will NOT own a house that has only one source of utility. I want to have propane or gas plus electricity. All electric homes are NOT on my list of properties I will buy. I had a log house for 16 years, and the ONLY heat source was a Lopi wood burning stove. It heated 2553 sq ft & it was very efficient. I am looking to relocate, and a wood burning stove is high on the ‘preferred’ items list. Mu use of that wood burning stove was a source of great jokes for my younger brother. He thought I was a ‘little old’ to be splitting wood my hand & building up the wood pile in August. I told him I could be old or I could be cold-—BUT I could NOT be both old & cold.
I moved to a property in N Nevada. I wish it had a wood stove, but wood here is very expensive. (It was NOT expensive in the log house). Same brother sent me $200 for a Christmas gift, then he called a couple of months later & asked what I bought for myself.
I told him ‘an air compressor’—8 gallon—125 psi—portable—50’ hose. He was silent for about a minute. Then, all he could keep saying was: “An Air Compressor”. Over & over again. Then he said he could have thought for 5 years & never would have come up with an air compressor. Then I told him I had 28 inflatable tires on the property—I needed an air compressor.
When I detailed all the vehicles with tires, the hay bale cart & the wheelbarrow, he decided that I needed an air compressor. Car=5 Dually truck=7 2 horse trailer=5 4 horse trailer=5 utility trailer=3 hay bale cart-2 wheelbarrow=1. I ue the air compressor more often than anyone thinks.
The article below highlights some of the issues coal plants still face
“Trump promised a coal renaissance — but keeping open this Arizona plant will test his resolve”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-coal-arizona-20170217-story.html
But let the market place decide it’s future and not some kleptocratic tyrant.
Natural gas is not as cheap as you think.
Exactly! Stupid greens are essentially exporting pollution to a country that is magnitudes less responsible for their land and the health of their people.
Of course WE understand that the real reason is to cripple American industry in favor of communists abroad.
Liberals think it’s okay for China, the Middle East and 3rd world countries to pollute where *they* live.
Liberals don’t want pollution here - but it’s okay there.
Lol great photo!!
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