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Obama is a job killer

 

There was a time when there were beautiful mountains at this location.

 

Yeah, so?

There was a time when there were beautiful pristine woods and wildlife at this location.

 

Interesting how the major papers handled this story.

NYTimes: The regulation takes aim at the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, the nation’s more than 600 coal-fired power plants. Experts say it could close hundreds of the plants.

LATimes: But the facts are clear. For over four decades, EPA has cut air pollution by 70% and the economy has more than tripled.

 

Now Obama is saying he's doing it "for the children."

 

Would not want to live nearby downwind of this.

 

Please provide me with the location of just one US coal-fired power plant that has stack emissions that look like that. I'm talking about particulate emissions not steam.

 

It is estimated that with the new rules 100,000 asthma attacks and 2100 heart attacks will be avoided in the first year.

 

OFF TOPIC!!

Now, answer the stated point from padredurand - if possible!!!

 

I wonder how many more people in my state will lose their livelihood as a result of this. How many people will get diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and malnutrition as a result of not being able to feed their families? How many people will experience heart problems and other medical issues when the loss of jobs and health insurance causes them NOT to go to the doctor for treatment. How many people will stop taking meds once they have no insurance to help pay for them? How many more WV families will have to go on the government dole?

I'd also like to see a real PLAN for how the president expects to keep electricity running. If this causes power plants to close, the grid will be overtaxed and we'll have elderly people dying of the heat and cold.

The nasty gas coming from Washington DC needs to be cut, not our livelihoods.

 

This is a little OT, but since Crabby posted a pic of mountaintop removal, I'll toss this in: We have family working coal mining. With mountaintop removal the coal companies actually plant trees when they are done. In some cases, the area will look BETTER than before, it just may take a few years. Anybody can take a pic of a mining site before the grass and trees have grown back.

I'm sick and tired of people trashing the coal industry when they don't live here or work here. All the media does is tell us how terrible coal mining is to the environment. They don't tell the REAL story of what the workers do.

Next time the politicians flip a light switch, they should remember WHERE that electric came from. Without coal, we'd all be in the dark.

 

My grandfather was a coal miner. He died of black lung disease.

I had two uncles who worked in the coal mines and industry, both died of lung cancer.

Prior to that I had relatives who were involved in the Coal Field Wars where owners hired private planes and bombed them.

I remember the script that was paid to miners instead of dollars. It could only be spent at company stores ... that ripped off the miners.

I remember miners coming home from work, dog tired and completely covered with coal dust. The only thing white about any of them regardless of race was their teeth and eyes.

The coal industry has exploited the people and raped the land.

The mountain above the old home place was stripped at least fifteen years ago. Nothing has bee planted there. I doubt anything would grow. I wish I could paste from Google Earth, but if it is possible I do not know how.

 

Got a source ?

 

On the one hand, this is a long-overdue step in the right direction in the fight against anthropogenic climate change. On the other hand, Washington will in consequence owe something of a duty of care to aid consequently laid-off power industry workers to find alternative employment.

 

There is no "anthropogenic" climate change.

 

The climate change agenda is a lie for the purpose of gaining control of people's lives and collecting money from the US for wealth distribution around the world.

 

Of course

http://www.thetimesherald.com/usatoday/article/9877579

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/politics/obamas-plan-to-cut-emissions-why-some-politicians-hate-it.html/

http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-nine-things-you-need-to-know-about-obamas-new-climate-rules/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ses-sharp-cuts-power-plant-emissions/9859913/

 

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