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You may not be fond of coal if it's in your Christmas stocking, but some see it as a useful and beneficial source of energy. Recently more energy companies have opted to build coal-burning plants, and experts are debating whether this is a viable solution to our energy needs. They say America runs on coal, but are we running in the right direction?
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Non Sequitur
Unfortunately coal is abundant, and so is mining-equipment, therefore coal is cheap and miners are not well-paid.
But here's the flip-side: If coal mining were stopped, how many jobs would be lost? What would those miners do? If there is a better alternative, why aren't the miners taking it today?
This argument makes me wonder if the Rain-Forest Action Network cares about the miners the same way the mining company does: they can be used.
- HomoSapiensNotsomuch July 13, 2008 7:14PM
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