Posted on 05/30/2012 4:47:48 AM PDT by MulberryDraw
LOUISA, Ky. For generations, coal has been king in this Appalachian town. It provided heat, light and jobs for the hundreds of people who worked in the nearby coal mines and the smoke-coughing Big Sandy power plant that burned their black bounty.
But now, coal is in a corner. Across the United States, the industry is under siege, threatened by new regulations from Washington, environmentalists fortified by money from Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor of New York City, and natural gas companies intent on capturing much of the nations energy market.
So when the operator of the Big Sandy plant announced last year that it would be switching from coal to cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here took it as the worst betrayal imaginable.
Have you lost your mind? State Representative Rocky Adkins, a Democrat and one of Kentuckys most powerful politicians, thundered at Michael G. Morris, the chairman of the plants operator,...
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You summed it up nicely, my wording would have got me banned. You were nice.
Thanks. It isn’t what you write, it’s how you edit it. I write what I think sometimes, then go back and remove/replace terms which might not be appropriate. (8^D)
I have a faulty editor or I am too lazy to do it, take your pick.
The Sierras’ next attack is on natural gas, which they previously thought was a godsend but now have decided is dirty. Every kind of hydrocarbon is targeted by these elitists, in favor of solar and wind.
Gas is America’s ace. They want to take it away.
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