On Instapundit: Well, that’s one promise he’s kept: “Under my plan . . . electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” I think it’s close enough to score as a kept promise.
The bastige nailed our local plant.
[which had already installed the required draconian ‘clean air’ stacks and upgrades *years* ago]
*Nothing* visible came out of that place after the upgrades.
Our electric bills are *insane*.
Electricity rates not doubling or tripling, but going up 8 times or more. Did I read that right?
Tax cuts will end in January, Obamacare kicks in, higher energy prices and the European debt and banking crisis. Yup, if he gets back in head for the hills.
Progressives are so brilliant that they will illuminate everyone’s home with the light of their intelligence, wisdom and love instead of electricity.
/s/
Twitter,Facebook and call your Congresscritters.
This will take money out of everyone’s pocket, not just the folks in 13 states, because the use of coal is nationwide.
I’ve converted all the appliances (as practical) in my house to gas.
Regardless of whether this blatant attack on our way of life continues into 2013, natgas is the fuel of the near future.
Plug your coffee pot into Obama’s Solyndra and see how warm your java will get.
In a sane world Obama would suffer huge losses in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia because of coal.
But it seems we now longer live in a sane world so I am not sure of the Nov outcome.
FUBS
Wyoming (338,900).
West Virginia (158,257)
Kentucky (130,688) (see Coal mining in Kentucky)
Pennsylvania (74,619)
Texas (49,498)
Montana (38,352)
Illinois (33,444)
Virginia (32,834)
North Dakota (31,270)
Colorado (29,137) (see Coal mining in Colorado)
Indiana (27,965)
New Mexico (27,323)
Utah (26,656)
Ohio (22,269)
Alabama (19,324)
Arizona (13,111)
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, and Ohio stand out as swing states where the coal issue could be the difference in a close race. Obama shoots himself in the foot again.