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Other than the rather DRY Dynegy Press release, this was all I could find on this story.

YES, it's an Eco-lib site, but it explains WHO killed this pretty plainly.

Obama has made it plainly clear what he intends to do to coal, and now it's costing Americans JOBS. I hope the UMW, that spent members money to commit ECONOMIC SUICIDE is listening...

1 posted on 01/02/2009 12:35:22 PM PST by tcrlaf
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BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS!>.......................


2 posted on 01/02/2009 12:44:59 PM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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It will only be so long before economic reality will catch up. Somehow I doubt the “change” most Obama voters were looking for involved shivering in their houses because they can’t afford their sky-high electric bills.

The plurality of our electricity will come from coal for the foreseeable future. Even the Messiah can’t change that.


3 posted on 01/02/2009 12:46:51 PM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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Not to worry. A few more windmills here and there, a couple of solar panels on the roof, toss in a few CFLs and everything will be fine. Those coal plants don’t generate much power anyhow.


6 posted on 01/02/2009 12:52:29 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Before they go peeing in the tent, the eco-people who prefer solar instead of coal should look at the amount of cleared acreage a solar powered system requires to produce the same amount of energy a coal burning power plant produces.

Then they need to calculate the cost of building each and determine how long each system can operate, as well as coming up with a way to maintain the flow of energy at night or on less than optimal days for the solar plant.

Lunch is now free, but it means skipping suppers and paying two or three times as much for breakfast.

8 posted on 01/02/2009 12:58:58 PM PST by GBA
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CNN positively fawned over the ash spill, repeatedly saying “coal-fired power plant” along with the appropriate descriptors of danger, threat, risk, worry, etc as they showed aerial photos of the ash. They also stated such plants contribute to the unquestionable global warming. It’s clear that Obama’s anti-coal mantra has been taken up.


9 posted on 01/02/2009 1:00:36 PM PST by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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...and voters in coal-producing states KNEW that Obama would kill the coal industry, but they still voted for him!


11 posted on 01/02/2009 1:02:05 PM PST by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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Obama has made it plainly clear what he intends to do to coal, and now it's costing Americans JOBS. I hope the UMW, that spent members money to commit ECONOMIC SUICIDE is listening...

And don't forget what the zer0bama concluded in his speech about bankrupting coal companies - electric rates in America are going through the roof. A perfect example of how democRATs work - convert as much of America as possible to a victim class, then the victims will all need democRAT government help just to get by in their miserable lives. See tag line..............
12 posted on 01/02/2009 1:04:31 PM PST by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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What a shame! Coal is our greatest energy resource.


16 posted on 01/02/2009 1:11:15 PM PST by dennisw (On the 31st floor a gold plated door won't keep out the Lord's burning rage ---FBB)
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

17 posted on 01/02/2009 1:13:23 PM PST by steelyourfaith
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I guess they figured it would be a bad investment given that Obama has said he wanted to “bankrupt” the coal industry.


19 posted on 01/02/2009 1:31:49 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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Come on people!

The price of crude will be back above $80 a barrel before the new plants can be functional anyway.

If you wait we all lose.


21 posted on 01/02/2009 1:41:20 PM PST by BillT (Socialism = Equal Poverty for ALL)
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Guess we’ll just have to sell all our coal to China.


23 posted on 01/02/2009 1:44:30 PM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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Come on people!

The price of crude will be back above $80 a barrel before the new plants can be functional anyway.

If you wait, we all lose.


24 posted on 01/02/2009 1:47:09 PM PST by BillT (Socialism = Equal Poverty for ALL)
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This spill was the ‘3-mile island’ of coal. I worked in the industry before and it has people spooked.

I cursed whoever let this happen because it will result in untold economic damage from envirowackos. Most likely several times more than it will cost to clean up.

Yes, coal is filthy in its original form and an environmental challenge but it was always getting cleaner. Legislating it into oblivion combined with NIMBY people after this spill will leave us with NO power.

The wackos can get off the grid and buy their own solar/wind systems if they hate coal and nuclear that much.


26 posted on 01/02/2009 1:52:49 PM PST by varyouga
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All those electric cars and little or no way to recharge them ... central planning wins again!


27 posted on 01/02/2009 1:55:02 PM PST by NonValueAdded (once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
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What bloody inconvenient bad luck and timing! There are adverts up on the Washington DC Metro stating that there is no such thing as clean coal. These include an ad with Bigfoot holding a chunk of coal, and another with a grey Roswell like alien instead of Bigfoot.

About a month ago there were other posters on the Metro showing a oil soaked bird and the caption "Off shore drilling is not the answer". I suppose the answer is to freeze in the dark.


28 posted on 01/02/2009 1:57:47 PM PST by magooey (Obama/Soetoro - the demagogue the Founding Fathers were waiting for)
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Are we pissed off enough yet?

Sooner or later...


29 posted on 01/02/2009 2:10:44 PM PST by upchuck (Get ready for 2009: Pray; Raise/conserve cash; Pay your debts; Pray; Stockpile; Buy ammo; Pray)
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Obama’s pressure on coal, wouldn’t bother me nearly as much, if Obama had an energy plan. But no nuclear plants, no drilling, and this vague funding of unproven alternative energy, is a bet-the-farm strategy on unproven technology.

Obama’s slogan was “Yes we can’t” but in energy, he’s the “No you can’t” candidate.


32 posted on 01/02/2009 2:48:35 PM PST by DannyTN
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