Could coal still be king?

americanthinker.com ^ | 5/11/2016 | Anthony J. Sadar

[rktman]

What if an attack on coal was like an attack on Mom or apple pie? Now, granted, coal would make a lousy mom or even pie, but coal is what helped make America great. And at least one presidential contender is for Making America Great Again via including an avenue through coal country. West Virginia voters are certainly hopeful. See results of Tuesday’s voting for confirmation.

Coal has traditionally been the muscle to hoist America above foreign competitors because of its relative low expense and high energy content. But, typical of the contemporary climate, that which was yesterday’s hero is today’s goat.

Regardless, coal was and still is the top source for electricity production. And, coal is still a vital ingredient in steel production. Try to make steel without it.

[21twelve]

If these people REALLY wanted to help Mother Gaia, they would skip the local protests (although they are convenient for those that have condos above the Starbucks) and head overseas and protest China and other third world countries where they don't care AT ALL about the environment, or their workers.

One of the reasons why my electronics get smashed and tossed into the garbage. It will go into a local, modern landfill with double-liners, leachate collection systems, etc.

Give it to the recycle people and it gets put on a container and shipped to China where 10-year old kids tear them about, kneeling in open ditches with solvents running through them, open fires burning the insulation off the wires, etc.

[No Dems 2016]

West Virginia could well be Donald Trump’s best state in November, in no small part to this issue.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Coal is a key ingredient in all manner of products from paints to medicines. These people are hopeless.