Posted on 03/30/2016 7:42:52 AM PDT by doldrumsforgop
President Obama openly declared war on coal in his last State of the Union address. And its going to be a very, very expensive war.
Now weve got to accelerate the transition away from old, dirtier energy sources, Obama said. Rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future - especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels. We do them no favor when we dont show them where the trends are going. Thats why Im going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.
By manage coal resources, of course, he meant shut down as many coal-fired power facilities and coal mining operations as possible.
As Michael Grunwald reported for Politico magazine: The war on coal is not just political rhetoric, or a paranoid fantasy concocted by rapacious polluters. Its real and its relentless. Over the past five years, it has killed a coal-fired power plant every 10 days. It has quietly transformed the U.S. electric grid and the global climate debate.
For families, that means higher electricity bills, higher prices at stores and fewer jobs.
Coal plant closures harm more than just those working in the coal industry, wrote Nicholas Loras, of the Heritage Foundation. Just as lower energy prices save families and businesses money, artificially driving prices higher through unnecessary regulations hits consumers again and again.
Just one front in the war on coal - the EPAs mercury rule - has direct and indirect costs pegged at $25.6 billion per year.
The benefits of the rule are calculated to be about $6 million. Mercury emissions are already miniscule, and theyre diminishing.
And now the EPAs Clean Power Plan is set to make things much, much worse.
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And all for what?
Wish this guy would declare war on ISIS instead and attack it with the vigor he attacks American livelihoods.
And we take that same coal and ship it to China/India/world for them to burn.
Something is wrong with this picture.
It is not as if clean coal doesn’t exist.
Thank God this ass will be gone soon. I think the war on coal was a favor to Soros. Bankrupt them then Soros picks up the remains.
Our coal will still be burnt, it will just be sold at rock bottom prices to Third World countries to give them an edge in energy prices over the US
This effort to make energy less available, less reliable, and more expensive is at a level of societal insanity comparable to that which overwhelmed the Xhosa in 1856 when the prophetess of doom, Nongqawuse, convinced them that salvation lay in destroying all their cattle and crops. It will not turn out well.
Turning our backs on cheap, plentiful energy from any source is just as bad a move.
Obama promised lto destroy the coal industry and it is one of the very few campaign promises that he has kept.
Yet foolish people who stood to lose their jobs still voted for him.
So many seemed to disregard or failed to see that shutting down a coal mine doesn’t just impact the miners who lose their jobs.
Watch the IBEW will be all in for who ever the rat’s roll out.
Then bitch about it again for another 4 years.
You just cannot fix stupid.
Clinton has already promised her subhuman supporters that she intends to destroy the coal industry. Better plan on sitting around in the dark a lot.
The war on coal is war on personal rights.
Of course the government, our PROGRESSIVE Government is a war on rights.
Take a look at ethanol, if you as a private citizen want to make grain alcohol on your own you are BREAKING THE LAW.
If you own stock in ADM who makes GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED alcohol, you are just FINE...
INSANITY
Watch the coordination of media outlets and government to determine those acceptable to run for president.
Eye opening.
The war on coal is just another part of Obama’s war on America.
The IBEW has been promised jobs building solar and wind farms.
Yes, because the way things are shaping up all the upcoming alternatives are so much better.
“... Im going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.
HOW f’n elitist. Seniors have to ruin themselves, just for home energy?
That has been as fruitful and the shovel ready jobs and cash for clunkers.
I own a generator that runs on gasoline, safe for a while I hope.
“And its going to be a very, very expensive war. “
Yes, but not for the elite.
Yes, President Trump will be better than the meatball we have now.
Will be interesting. IBEW has sued the EPA over the CPP.
I’m IBEW and the majority are for Trump. That is the message we are sending up line.
See post 19.
It took a high level meeting to do it but they did sue EPA over the CPP.
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