Shutting down the mines but will they reopen
Nearly all the electricity in Pennsylvania is generated from coal except the regions near Limerick and Three Mile Island nuclear plants. Wolf had no choice unless he wants Pennsylvanians to go without electricity.
It's just a matter of money, investing in remote controlled and autonomous equipment.
Since remote controlled machines work well and are proven, an equipment operator can "go to work" at his or her kitchen table or living room.
As autonomous AI equipment comes on line more, he may be out of a job though.
There are already AI massive trucks running in pit mines.
This situation might be the thing that moves this along in a bigger way than it already is.
Let markets pick winners and losers, not Democrats.
“is coal mining actually so essential?”
Do the mediots think that people are going to “shelter at home” without electricity, internet, and cable tv?
I’ve worked in soft rock mines. They can stay 6 feet apart easily.
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The mine workers union agrees with him. So does President Trump, who has spent the past three years talking up the coal business.
"Coal.
Republican.
Mine workers.
Union.
President Trump...has spent the past three years talking up the coal business."
The Washington Post does a great job of linking everything to Trump in four short sentences.
These are the forgotten Americans who make life so much better for the rest of us and do so at considerable risk, just like cops and paramedics.
people om ventilators should just hold their breath when the wind isn’t blowing.