102 Utah miners laid off because of 'war on coal,' company says

[WillowTree]

Let the misery begin. A smart person would have an alternative in place before he kills the mainline source of energy but not the dumbass in the wh. oh no.. not us,, we can't have a pipline, here, let's give Brazile 20 billion dollars so their people can have some energy..

you missed the "alternative in place" in post #3.

It's not in place. Far from it. It's a ******* democrat talking point.

 

[Moonglow]

gas from fracking is driving the price of coal down, thus less in profits. Exports of coal is on the increase though.

 

[HUGGY]

The coal industry crybabies could sell a lot of coal overseas but they won't garantee that the dust from the trains is controlled 100%. They cannot gaurantee that trains full of coal will not run off the tracks and polute any streams or rivers.

WE don't have to accept any risk so a handfull of rich coal company owners can make more billions.

Guess what? That isn't our problem. That is THEIR problem.

 

[Truthmatters]

People making up more excuses to fire people and increase profits.

All this is.

You can't make any profits if there is no one to buy your product.

Dumbass.

Okay, so can you morons stop claiming Obama wants to put people to work now?

glad you came to your senses about the trickle down theory you party has been humping for decades

 

[Truthmatters]

Now listen up republicans,

you alllow industry that harms the people to shrink and promote other industries that will take their place and produce a better safer product to fill the slot.

Then you provide help for these unemployed people.

training for new carreers that will help them slide right into the new industrys.


Then you have a taxpayer again adding to the revenues and they have a more sustainable career for life.

Where the right see only negative things the left see solutions.


get used to that reality

 

[Newby]

The truth is, as has been stated already, NATURAL GAS IS CHEAPER THAN COAL AND IS UNDERCUTTING THE COAL INDUSTRY.

Don't worry, natural gas and fracking is next on Obama's list to stop.

 

[Newby]

Let the misery begin. A smart person would have an alternative in place before he kills the mainline source of energy but not the dumbass in the wh. oh no.. not us,, we can't have a pipline, here, let's give Brazile 20 billion dollars so their people can have some energy..

you missed the "alternative in place" in post #3.

So now that natural gas is beating coal in the market, the coal miners union is of no use to you anymore, so throw them out with the dirty bath water? Your party uses naive, misinformed people and when they're of no use to them any longer, they throw them out. Why didn't you have the same train of thought with the auto workers? There are 'alternatives in place' for their work, so it's no longer needed? Guess the auto workers union was too many votes to miss for the coming election, but the coal miners weren't enough in number to merrit your loyalty? Not that the democrat party has any loyalty, which has been shown time and again, yet the saps just keep going back.

How many electric plants are converted to run on natural gas and not on coal? Enjoy your electric bill, it's going up and you're not only foolish enough to defend it, you'll smile and take it up the ass while it's happening.

 

[Katzndogz]

The coal miners will be shifted into dependency as reliable democrats.

 

[Newby]

Let the misery begin. A smart person would have an alternative in place before he kills the mainline source of energy but not the dumbass in the wh. oh no.. not us,, we can't have a pipline, here, let's give Brazile 20 billion dollars so their people can have some energy..

you missed the "alternative in place" in post #3.

It's not in place. Far from it. It's a ******* democrat talking point.

Yep, they apparently think there's just a little switch at all of the coal fired electric plants all over the country that will instantly convert them over to using natural gas. Idiots.

 

[VaYank5150]

From your own article:

Coal demand from U.S. power generation companies is down 17 percent this year, according to the federal Energy Information Administration's most recent figures. That's due in large part to low market prices for natural gas, and has the EIA forecasting the lowest coal consumption in at least two decades by the nation's electricity industry.

Trends in power generation have also put coal-fired plants at a higher risk for retirement. In its annual Energy Outlook, the EIA reports that 49 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity will be retired in the next eight years. That represents about one-sixth of the existing coal capacity in the nation and less than 5 percent of total electricity generation in the U.S.

The laws of supply and demand are not managed by Obama. You people REALLY need to get your heads out of your asses and quick. The election is over...

 

[Truthmatters]

The coal miners will be shifted into dependency as reliable democrats.

sticking with the lies that failed you so deeply is insane

 

[Newby]

you missed the "alternative in place" in post #3.

So now that natural gas is beating coal in the market, the coal miners union is of no use to you anymore, so throw them out with the dirty bath water? Your party uses naive, misinformed people and when they're of no use to them any longer, they throw them out. Why didn't you have the same train of thought with the auto workers? There are 'alternatives in place' for their work, so it's no longer needed? Guess the auto workers union was too many votes to miss for the coming election, but the coal miners weren't enough in number to merrit your loyalty? Not that the democrat party has any loyalty, which has been shown time and again, yet the saps just keep going back.

How many electric plants are converted to run on natural gas on not coal? Enjoy your electric bill, it's going up and you're not only foolish enough to defend it, you'll smile and take it up the ass while it's happening.

Can't address the post, so you attempt to insinuate that I'm the uneducated one? Typical.

 

[Newby]

From your own article:

Coal demand from U.S. power generation companies is down 17 percent this year, according to the federal Energy Information Administration's most recent figures. That's due in large part to low market prices for natural gas, and has the EIA forecasting the lowest coal consumption in at least two decades by the nation's electricity industry.

Trends in power generation have also put coal-fired plants at a higher risk for retirement. In its annual Energy Outlook, the EIA reports that 49 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity will be retired in the next eight years. That represents about one-sixth of the existing coal capacity in the nation and less than 5 percent of total electricity generation in the U.S.

The laws of supply and demand are not managed by Obama. You people REALLY need to get your heads out of your asses and quick. The election is over...

So you don't understand how government regulations causing the increase of a product in the market affects its ability to compete? No surprises there.

 

[Katzndogz]

Natural gas will be eliminated the same way as coal. The EPA is already starting its war on fracking. Invest in a good coat.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Natural gas will be eliminated the same way as coal. The EPA is already starting its war on fracking. Invest in a good coat.

Can we rely on that prediction based on how good your election predictions were?

 

[uscitizen]

People making up more excuses to fire people and increase profits.

All this is.

Yep that and the competition by cheap natural gas.

Regulations aside it is much cheaper to build a gas fired plant than a coal one.
Gas plants can be spun up and put online very rapidly as needed, coal plants take most of a day to get going.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The truth is, as has been stated already, NATURAL GAS IS CHEAPER THAN COAL AND IS UNDERCUTTING THE COAL INDUSTRY.

Keep in mind, you're talking to people who were unanimously certain that Romney was going to win the election,

despite the polls, because the polls were skewed. They're no more capable of accepting the facts about coal and natural gas than they were capable of accepting the polls.

 

[Newby]

People making up more excuses to fire people and increase profits.

All this is.

Yep that and the competition by cheap natural gas.

Regulations aside it is much cheaper to build a gas fired plant than a coal one.
Gas plants can be spun up and put online very rapidly as needed, coal plants take most of a day to get going.

Coal miners and their unions are now under the liberal bus... they don't need you any more... Your numbers will be declining, therefore the money is gone, so you're no longer wanted by the democrats. Better switch over to the natural gas unions where you can be useful little lemmings to them once again.