Posted on 11/22/2008 1:16:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
Bill Raney considers coal golden. After all, the black rock fuels half of the nation's electrical generation.
But the West Virginia Coal Association's president and others in the industry say they've received mixed messages about president-elect Barack Obama's support for coal-fired power.
Obama and vice president-elect Joe Biden both have said they support finding cleaner ways to burn coal. But during the campaign, Obama told a newspaper that electricity rates could soar under his energy plan, while Biden told a voter in Ohio that "we're not supporting clean coal" - though he has said the U.S. should develop clean coal technology and export it to China.
"I think there's a great deal of pensiveness," Raney said.
Others, including Obama's camp, say they see little reason to worry.
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Whistling past the graveyard...
Wow... talk about a day late and a prayer short.
“prayer late and a day short?” ;)
A simpleton wishes.
They could start a band: ‘Ex pensive ex coalminers”. Nice vote, guys.
We have enough coal to power our cities until hell freezes, for all the good it will ever do us....
What was the 'Thug-elect's' statement about "Sure, you can build a coal plant, but it will be expensive..." [paraphrased].
I have no pity for them.
Don’t forget the vast Utah deposits of a very-clean-burning coal were declared off-limits when Clinton made the area a “national parkland”. Indonesia has the only other large deposits of this kind of coal. Indonesians also got caught funnelling gobs of cash to Clinton. Strange coincidence, that.
Pensive? Pensive?? He said he wants to bankrupt anyone who tries to start a coal mine and they’re...pensive?? Panicked would be the proper reaction.
Oh, then they did not hear the big “O” when he plainly said that he meant to flat “bankrupt” the coal industry with emissions taxes, and that electricity would “of necessity” shoot through the roof in cost. Hello?!! - and still they supported him. I suppose they thought he was just lying that time . . . what if the lie is leveled at them instead of his environmental base? More likely, that.
Oh, I know that coal mining is not the most glamorous sort of job and I wish I could get every coal miner to do another job; but I have to consider the idea that maybe some people simply LIKE their jobs even if it isn’t what I would think they need to be doing. - Can anybody say, “ready for REALLY high electric bills, Obamabots?!”
And yet the sheep voted for him. Unbelievable.
The mineworkers leadership were all on board with BHO. Of course, union leaders dont lose their jobs. Only the suckers who support them by paying dues.
If the suckers don’t work, what use are the unions or their leaders? Who then pays the union thugs? I know: zerO does.
No survivors.
I don't, either. The UMW turned handsprings for Obortion. Let him shut them down. They can cry to their Savior for help (unemployment).
Ohbomba says he's going to bankrupt operators of coal plants. He's a closet anti-nuke. So he says we have to develop "renewable" power, presumably pipe dreams like wind and solar. Wind doesn't work when the wind doesn't blow and solar doesn't work at night, which, last I checked, occurred a least once a day for about half the hours in a day. At most, if fully developed, those will supply maybe 20%-25% of our needs on an intermittent basis. So where do we go for the other 75%-80%? Odouchebag doesn't say. I think he's probably pretty much brainless when it comes to energy matters.
The people that voted for him are the same ones that mostly depend on coal for their heating and a lot of them live in the coldest parts of the country.
The Unions get what they deserve, especially the UAW.
Pray for W, Palin and Our Troops
“Pensive???”
They ought to be downright terrified about the likelihood of their economic lifeblood being drained out of them.
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