Obama's War On Coal

Investor's Business Daily ^ | 1/18/11

[markomalley]

Energy: Keeping a campaign vow to bankrupt the industry, the administration revokes the permit for an approved, working coal mine in West Virginia. Guess those electric cars will have to get their energy elsewhere.

We and others have warned that in the wake of November's "shellacking," the Obama administration would attempt to implement its agenda through regulations and rule making. As West Virginia's coal industry has found, it matters not even if you follow the rules. In pursuit of this agenda, the rules can be changed on the fly.

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked the coal mining permit for Arch Coal's Spruce Mine No. 1 in West Virginia's Logan County. The permit was issued four years ago and since then Arch Coal, which provides 16% of America's coal supply, has followed every jot and tittle of the rules it was to operate under.

[markomalley]

Bastard wants to destroy the country.

[Rembrandt]

Hello $7 per gallon gasoline as this moron continues to restrict energy resources.

[IrishCatholic]

Sunshine, windmills, and unicorns bookmark.

[Arm_Bears]

Wonder what recently elected WV Senator Manchin’s take on this is.

I think he has to run again in 2012, and his Zero-ness just exposed his flank.

[Darren McCarty]

The number one enemy of America isn’t Osama Bin Laden. It’s the leftists in government, starting with Bacrock Obama and Harry Reid.

[wally_bert]

I would love to see states with resources break away and tell the Feds to go to hell.

[Carley]

Hello there Manchin. How’s your messiah working out for you.

[FightThePower!]

Why don’t the Republicans defund the EPA?

[Morpheus2009]

I wonder if the guy had uranium, silicon, aluminum, or copper mining when he thought of this idea, because we will be mining these materials for generating power if it’s not coal we are looking for.

[raptor22]

Greetings from @gerfingerpoken

[raptor22]

Ping

[markomalley]

Greetings from @gerfingerpoken

Greetings from @markomally

[markomalley]

Greetings from @gerfingerpoken

Greetings from @markomally

[WestSylvanian]

The EPA just slapped multi-million dollar fines on a coal-fired power plant in my county claiming it’s violating clean air laws. The plant owners insist they are and have been obeying the laws. All of a sudden, the government decides they’re not in compliance. This is a major producer of electricity for the east coast. It employs many local workers in an area that has seen high unemployment for years.

Obama is following up on his promise to make our utility rates “skyrocket.” He intends to ruin the American economy and competitiveness and reduce the standard of living for Americans. I hope the Democrats who represent this area can join with Republicans and stop him.

[meyer]

He intends to ruin the American economy and competitiveness and reduce the standard of living for Americans.

Exactly - that's what democrats, and especially marxist democrats do.

[spokeshave]

Well we now know that 0bambi has read at least a few pages of Sir Winston Churchill's "History of the Second World War."

Churchill to the war cabinet:

Strategic targets to defeat the Nazi's:

1. Target oil refining and coal mining industries for destruction

2. Destroy manufacturing capacity starting with ball bearing manufacturing

[spokeshave]

Yeah....and someone loaded all the “dark side” passages from Atlas Shrugged into his teleprompter.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx raptor22 !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Iron Munro]

Obama campaigned on a promise to shut down the coal industry so it should not be a big surprise that he is actually doing it.

Elections do have consequences.

Maybe the Obama people in West Va., Kentucky, Pennsylvania can fill their kids bellies with “Yes We Can!” bunmper stickers.

Here are the top 15 coal producing states (2009 data) and who they voted for in 2008.

U.S. Coal Production by State & by Rank (2009)

http://www.nma.org/pdf/c_production_state_rank.pdf

Rank - State - Production - % of Total U.S. - Voted For

1 - Wyoming - 431,107 tons - 40.1% - McCain
2 - West Virginia - 136,971 tons - 12.7% - Obama
3 - Kentucky 107,338 tons - 10.0% - Obama
4 - Pennsylvania 57,979 tons - 5.4% - Obama
5 - Montana 39,486 tons - 3.7% - McCain
6 - Texas 35,093 tons - 3.3% - McCain
7 - Indiana 35,655 tons - 3.3% - Obama
8 - Illinois 33,748 tons - 3.1% - Obama
9 - Colorado 28,267 tons - 2.6% - Obama
10 - North Dakota 29,945 tons - 2.8% - McCain
11 - Ohio 27,501 tons - 2.6% - Obama
12 - New Mexico 25,124 tons - 2.3% - Obama
13 - Virginia 21,175 tons - 2.0% - Obama
14 - Utah 21,718 tons - 2.0% - McCain
15 - Alabama 18,796 tons - 1.7% - McCain

[Still Thinking]

Coal gasification, baby! And if that doesn’t work, politician gasification!