That's kind of what I figured. I wasn't sure, since I really know next to nothing about the industry.Y
Yep machines have replaced a lot of miners and so has surface/strip mining.
Plus The power companies like Nat Gas better. You can spin up a nat gas generator plant in a few hours or less.
Coal will take a day or so.
Power plants are put and taken offline all day as the load demand varies.
With coal they just have to keep them going.
Also no trucking costs, etc with Nat gas.
Basically coal jobs will NOT be coming back to KY or WVA.
I grew up in coal country.
And if Emperor Orange expands gas and oil drilling on govt lands then he is working against the coal industry.That's kind of what I figured. I wasn't sure, since I really know next to nothing about the industry.
But basically, it sounds like there was not a whole lot of jobs to be saved, other than the people who fix and maintain the machinery.
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I worked in the drilling and chemical industry through high school and a few years afterwards. I was valve tech for Fisher Valves. So, that I know how much is automated. A good portion of it is still operated mostly by man.And if Emperor Orange expands gas and oil drilling on govt lands then he is working against the coal industry.
btw surface/strip mine workers are just heavy equipment operators just like building roads and such.
I spent a couple of summers maintaining AC equipment of surface mining equipment.
Yep still operated by man but if you can run a big dozer, loader, dump truck then you can surface/strip mine.I worked in the drilling and chemical industry through high school and a few years afterwards. I was valve tech for Fisher Valves. So, that I know how much is automated. A good portion of it is still operated mostly by man.
I'm not so sure that it comes down to choosing industries.
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CNN? What, you couldn't find it on huffpo?
CNN? What, you couldn't find it on huffpo?
It's CNN... so probably a fake story. CNN is finished in journalism. They're pretty much the Moonbat Gazette now.
Thank goodness Trump exposed em for the cheese bags they are.
How on earth did you arrive at this conclusion?
I don't tink you've been seeing the whole story...
How on earth did you arrive at this conclusion?
the law of supply and demand, primary capitalism.
More natural gas = lower price right?
More incentive for electric generation to be with Natural gas than coal.
Nat gas electric plants are simpler and spin up faster to meet demand than coal.
Don be insulting stupid people.You stoopid........
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Most of the Emperor's Trumpeteers claim to have me on ignore.
I suppose soDoes that make you sad, really sad?
A frog with a gun?
I think your trying to be a mosquito.Hey whena yous guys go to sleep so's I can run amok in here?
Your messiah Trump.....
Frog did not have the balls to pull the trigger.A GREAT frog.
Is that the same people that did this?ohmygaaad...
Which would seem to indicate that he only is out for himself and family.For obvious reasons...
According to statistics posted here, FOXN is the most mainstream News Network there is.Comey reportedly tried to expose possible Russia tampering before election
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ossible-russia-tampering-before-election.html
I guess this is real news?!
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A new variety of PTSD is rampant in the USA.
Pro Trump Support Disorder.
Triumph over Trump day?