Coal booming in US....Oooops

[skookerasbil]

What was that about the death of coal?

Nearly half of the coal industry is still on an expansion course in 'reckless’ mining rush

 

[rightwinger]

What was that about the death of coal?

Nearly half of the coal industry is still on an expansion course in 'reckless’ mining rush

You do realize your link refers to worldwide coal mining…..NOT the US?

 

[DGS49]

It's called GLOBAL warming, eh? Not U.S. warming.

If "we" shut down all our coal mines and close down our coal-powered electric stations...but the world continues expanding the use of coal (which no one can blame them for)...what good is our pain? How does that impact our campaign to save the planet?

Makes it pretty pointless, doesn't it?

 

[rightwinger]

It's called GLOBAL warming, eh? Not U.S. warming.

If "we" shut down all our coal mines and close down our coal-powered electric stations...but the world continues expanding the use of coal (which no one can blame them for)...what good is our pain? How does that impact our campaign to save the planet?

Makes it pretty pointless, doesn't it?

We should lead by example not follow the lowest common denominator

 

[skookerasbil]

Spoiler alert....

d0y...only the climate nutters think China/India coal emissions ( massive) don't make their way across oceans

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

You do realize your link refers to worldwide coal mining…..NOT the US?

Luckily, non-US coal doesn't cause global warming.

 

[jc456]

Luckily, non-US coal doesn't cause global warming.

I had heard that. LOL

 

[Dayton3]

We should lead by example not follow the lowest common denominator

We should use all our available resources including all our fossil fuel resources rather than worship the false god of climate change.

 

[rightwinger]

We should use all our available resources including all our fossil fuel resources rather than worship the false god of climate change.

We need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels

 

[initforme]

Pay those miners over 100 dollars per hour. Nobody should be working underground.

 

[Dayton3]

We need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels

Why? We have enough to last for decades.

 

[rightwinger]

Why? We have enough to last for decades.

It is killing us

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It is killing us

How?

 

[rightwinger]

How?

Famine, Flood, Fire

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Famine, Flood, Fire

What's the difference between a fossil fuel Famine, Flood, Fire and a regular Famine, Flood, Fire?

 

[Dayton3]

It is killing us

No it isn''t. A few degrees of temperature rising and a few feet of sea levels rising isn't going to kill us.

There is this remarkable thing call "irrigation" if heat levels cause crops to dry out and not grow.

If sea levels rise there is this remarkable thing called "dikes"

 

[Dayton3]

Famine, Flood, Fire

Oh yeah, like we never had those prior to the industrial age.

 

[ReinyDays]

No it isn''t. A few degrees of temperature rising and a few feet of sea levels rising isn't going to kill us.
There is this remarkable thing call "irrigation" if heat levels cause crops to dry out and not grow.
If sea levels rise there is this remarkable thing called "dikes"

If our fossil fuels run out in just decades, none of this will matter ... Western Europe and Anglo America don't look so good without refrigeration ...

However ... we won't be running out of fossil fuels ... we'll be running out of cheap fossil fuels, and have to start burning the not-so-cheap fossil fuels ... gasoline is about double the price from 50 years ago compared to everything else ... no reason it can't double again ... you'll pay it, or drive an EV ... it's NOT to soon to start engineering our new generation of nuclear power plants ... ones that are safe, reliable and produce a minimum of waste ... we have the technology, do we have the will? ...

One little nitpick on your wonderful tirade ... warmer means wetter ... crops will grow better ... otherwise you're spot-on correct ...

 

[Dayton3]

If our fossil fuels run out in just decades, none of this will matter ... Western Europe and Anglo America don't look so good without refrigeration ...

However ... we won't be running out of fossil fuels ... we'll be running out of cheap fossil fuels, and have to start burning the not-so-cheap fossil fuels ... gasoline is about double the price from 50 years ago compared to everything else ... no reason it can't double again ... you'll pay it, or drive an EV ... it's NOT to soon to start engineering our new generation of nuclear power plants ... ones that are safe, reliable and produce a minimum of waste ... we have the technology, do we have the will? ...

One little nitpick on your wonderful tirade ... warmer means wetter ... crops will grow better ... otherwise you're spot-on correct ...

From what I've read most of the current "Green crowd" in the U.S. is no friend to nuclear power either.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

From what I've read most of the current "Green crowd" in the U.S. is no friend to nuclear power either.

Are you surprised?

The greens are against reliable, large scale emission free energy.