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- RaoulZappacosta, on 03/26/2009, -4/+15Any step in the other direction deserves celebration. It's completely ridiculous that they even started doing that ***** in the first place.
- CaptainPlanet, on 03/25/2009, -6/+15these review are an important first step to one of the most destructive practices in all of fossil foolery. what we really need though is a moratorium:
http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/03/25/mountain ... - StripeyMagee, on 03/26/2009, -1/+8Jobs are nice, however I do like the estuary that I fish on also.
- redcolumbine, on 03/26/2009, -2/+8So they can save up for the medical bills when they get mercury poisoning? Coal is a negative-sum game to all but the top execs.
- CaptainPlanet, on 03/26/2009, -1/+7jobs are nice, it is proven that renewable energy projects like wind and solar create more jobs than coal projects. with mountain top removal, your just blowing things up so its takes less workers and there are more profits for the coal mining corporations. also the damage to community health probably hurts the economy more than the jobs gained.
- digg4peace, on 03/26/2009, -4/+10More change we can believe in! The dreadful practices should never have been allowed to begin with...
- obliviousfool, on 03/26/2009, -1/+7That's a short-sighted and idiotic point-of-view.
What do you have when the coal is gone?
I tell you what you have. You have a pathetic hole in what used to be a beautiful mountain which could have been developed for real estate, responsible logging, hiking, fishing, hunting, skiing, and any number of tourist related activities.
Guess what? Tourism is a business and no one travels to see a hole where a mountain used to be. - ousthouse, on 03/26/2009, -0/+6I enjoy coal's benefits every day AND I get to feel morally superior when I say how horrible coal is. It's a win-win situation.
- rynsa, on 03/26/2009, -0/+5"...one-side quixotic quest to validate alarmism." Sounds like you're on a very one-side quixotic quest to validate the status quo.
- lightningbolt, on 03/26/2009, -1/+6clean water is more important than jobs
- geekwithsoul, on 03/26/2009, -1/+5Yes, by all means, let's wait for the "right" time to protect the environment. Let's let the fossil fuel industry continue to grow until it's too big to fail and then have to bail them out when the coal is exhausted or we all have to go on respirators.
Never mind that revamping our energy infrastructure would help create short- and long-term job gains, or that, at the moment, we don't have an Earth 2 (or "Chia Earth" for fans of Pinky and the Brain) waiting in the wings when we get done messing this one up. Never mind that this type of mining actually employs LESS people than traditional, less environmentally damaging mining. - lightningbolt, on 03/26/2009, -1/+5nuclear power is not limitless either. uranium and plutonium are finite. solar, wind, geothermal, etc. are the best solutions.
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -2/+5the bush policy before this was; gave money to me in my campains? free permits to all gas/coal/oil companies!
bush was a total *****, owned by the energy companies. - rynsa, on 03/26/2009, -1/+4*Sigh... Nevermind.
- Diffy, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3The hardest part about mining is that some jerk will fly down on their epic flyer and steel your node. Got to find those less populated zones.
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -2/+5@twinklyjesus your the moron. go back to school.
the problem with idiots like your self is that you believe the regulations put into place and completely disregarded by the bush morons are somehow restricting the coal industry.
the coal morons have been thriving just like the oil companies during el busho's presidency.
you should go back to sticking your head up your ass. - ousthouse, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3The government owns all land. /s
- skoubydoo, on 03/26/2009, -6/+9"Breaking with the policies of the Bush administration...."
eh, good enough for me. - rdoger6424, on 03/26/2009, -1/+2Dugg for "fossil foolery"
- Nintendesert, on 03/26/2009, -6/+7That's fine, but let's go all forward with the building of nuclear power plants instead. Clean and limitless source of power and leave coal in the 1800's.
- slapthemonkey, on 03/26/2009, -2/+3Realisation comes..late, but better than never
- Trent1492, on 03/27/2009, -0/+1The authority granted to it by Congress and confirmed by the Supreme Court again and again.
- Buelldozer, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1That most of the posters on this thread are using computers powered by coal burning is a deliciously hypocritical fact.
If coal is so evil and you're so concerned about the environment then turn your computer off you environment murderer! - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -1/+2@ami6thywind your a moron. shut up and learn how to read. there is a little thing called climate change, and because of this "Coal remains the best option for electric power generation." is a stupid statement spoken by a true dunderhead.
- Trent1492, on 03/27/2009, -0/+1How is mercury in the water less or more of a threat because of Federal tax policies?
- atomheartmother, on 03/26/2009, -3/+4Repeat after me... Business is evil, but government is good. Business is evil, but government is good.
- AmosO2, on 03/27/2009, -1/+1And just wait and see the new CARBON TAX CREDIT they have planned for you
- TheUngod, on 03/26/2009, -5/+5...they're doing this under what authority again?
- twinklyJesus, on 03/26/2009, -1/+1munen123 :
"The dreadful practices should never have been allowed to begin with..."
His words, not mine, don't read more into his comment than was there. The "practice he referred to BEGAN +160 YEARS AGO. Bush had nothing to do with strip mining or the similar type of gold mining using high pressure water to remove soil.
the fact that you can't accept a bald-faced FACT without attacking the person pointing it out, proves your lack of education and knowledge.
Oh, and if I'm an idiot with my head up my ass, but I know the difference between "your" and "you're", which is the contraction for "you are", how stupid does that make you?
How do you keep your head up your ass AND have your foot in your mouth at the same time? - rynsa, on 03/26/2009, -5/+5Clean?! Hmph. Are you familiar with Yucca Mountain?
- Samueul, on 03/27/2009, -0/+0Too bad you'll get dugg down by idiots like munen123......
- Samueul, on 03/27/2009, -0/+0If it's not grown, it's mined... and metal/non-metal extraction is just as "damaging" as coal, but nobody bitches and moans about that....
- Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -1/+1You realize the term "too big to fail" is a made up piece of nonsense, yes?
I'd like to get off coal too. How about we start by drilling for our own oil, slowly weening off fossil fuels all the way while private investors surge into the booming green market?
A central authority is not the answer. Just because I don't want the government doing anything does not mean I want nothing to be done. - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -5/+5After all, who needs coal?
- Nintendesert, on 03/26/2009, -4/+3With enough to last the new few hundred thousand years, it's limitless to the lifespan of our species.
- Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -3/+2Yes. What about it?
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -4/+2they are doing it with the same authority that moron bush did it with.
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -6/+4***** bush and all of his EPA policies!
- ousthouse, on 03/26/2009, -4/+2Swamps > Freedom
- reallypod, on 03/26/2009, -4/+2This is an excellent idea. Our economy is in very good shape right now. There are three basic sources of wealth in an economy. Is there any one of you brilliant people out there who knows what they might be? Agriculture would be one. Manufacturing would be two. What do you think three would be?
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -5/+3Restrictions on fossil fuel extraction will simply drive up prices and lower economic growth. There does not seem to be much more on the Obama agenda than economic hari-kari. I doubt that policy will impress voters in 2010. The 'green jobs' they yak about are illusory. Coal remains the best option for electric power generation.
- Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -4/+2That'll totally help our economy out too!
/s
As good for the environment as it would be, now is not the time to be tightening eco-regulations. - Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -5/+2And this is everything that's wrong with America today.
You probably had no idea what the Bush policy was before this. - twinklyJesus, on 03/26/2009, -5/+1Yeah! they should have been aware of everything we know now about the environment, when they started doing this 160 years ago!
Moron. Pay attention in school. - Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -5/+1Tell that to the thousands of people that just got denied a decent wage and a steady job.
Seriously, how many people legitimately get mercury poisoning from the coal industry? (Not sarcasm) - Logrusmage, on 03/26/2009, -4/+0I suppose you did some research yes? Or did you just pull that out of a bull's *****? I only say this because it is covered in a slimy brown substance and smells like *****.
Bush's policies were terrible in many areas. They may have even een bad here, but stop pretending like you actually know or understand them. - twignificant, on 03/26/2009, -9/+4Agreed. The EPA is the single worst offender when it comes to entities that harm the U.S. job market and economy. Their goals somewhere along the line crossed from valid to this mixed up, one-sided quixotic quest to validate alarmism.
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -11/+4150-200 applications for new or expanded operations; How many jobs would have been created if these were allowed to pass? Wouldn't more jobs be a nice thing to have right now?
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