More here
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-ohio-coal-burning-power-plants-bite-the-dust/
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And in case someone wonders, yes, Ohio went with 51 % red
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Two Ohio coal plants to be shut down due to not being economically viable
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More here
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-ohio-coal-burning-power-plants-bite-the-dust/
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And in case someone wonders, yes, Ohio went with 51 % red
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It's happening all over the country.
Ironically, power generation uses mostly foreign coal anyway.
Ironically, power generation uses mostly foreign coal anyway.
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I know you asked a rhetorical question, but here is a handy overview of coal plants which had their shut down announced in 2017
http://numerical.co.in/numerons/collection/58d048864e976264035a1e35
List gonna be longer obviously
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This must be fake news. I saw the coal miners with Trump at that bill signing for the bill to let them dump their coal waste in rivers. They had jobs again. They were wearing their miner outfits and everything! Coal is back!
How is anyone supposed to live a wholesome 1870s lifestyle anymore, I ask!!
How is anyone supposed to live a wholesome 1870s lifestyle anymore, I ask!!
No new iPhones for Dayton this year. But it's OK because Obama is finally gone.
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I can't believe that they would close down these plants that give off awesome smoke clouds. You'd have to be Einstein to figure out the digital that they are replacing these with.
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Oh no! What will these poor white men who refuse to learn a new trade do!? Where is their advocate? Truly the most disenfranchised group in america...........
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They voted him in and now he's over in the Middle East touching glowing orbs with rich Saudis while the coal plants shut down.
Can't make this stuff up.
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Economic anxiety intensifies.
Truthfully I pity the people in these areas who can't imagine another way forward without coal. They're ignorant and in many ways I won't fault them for that. But at some point they have to take responsibility for duping themselves into thinking that coal continues to be viable when it isn't. As they would tell others, I'm sure, they should pick themselves up by the bootstraps, saddle in, and learn a trade. Easier said than done, I know, but that's the reality. If you don't get with it you'll just hit the grave earlier.
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Not that I disagree with the politically charged comments in this thread, but it still sucks that these people and families have lost a likely vital source of income and security.
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"It's a little disappointing but I don't think it's his fault. Obama set a lot of this in motion."
They didn't get conned. They knew exactly what and who they were voting for.
It's amazing how a majority of the minority working class can see through the the bullshit Trump and Republicans spew but some how these coal workers and others couldn't.
"Trump may not be able to fix everything, but at least he didn't have all those emails on a private server"
Come on. Have some empathy. You are jumping for joy that some people are going to have it even shittier, will die, will get homeless. Yeah, I know they voted for Trump but the reason why at least I hate trump and the Republican Party (cause let's not let the republicans place all the blame on trump when he is just doing what they want) is he is going to make it worse for people.
It's one thing to say this is karma. But to outright be jumping for joy over the fact people are going to suffer?
That being said, the cynical side in me says they blame it on people not letting trump do his job *sigh*.
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Obviously they're tearing down the plants to build better plants where the old ones stood, creating jobs in the process /s
No seriously though, thanks for the link. How anyone can still expect coal to return is beyond me.
I have Z E R O empathy for these people. We told them the stove was burning hot and they touched it anyways. I'll save my tears for people who actually matter to me and are in danger of losing everything. Poor white people never have empathy when its one of us, so i'm just repaying it in kind. You can feel how ever you want to about it, I really do not care.
Who needs coal when this thread is contributing tons of green energy?
Seriously. Tone it down. Yes a lot of them voted for Trump but you're cheering tons of people losing their livelihood. We're better than this. It's not like they chose these jobs among a plethora of high paying safe options.
Seriously. Tone it down. Yes a lot of them voted for Trump but you're cheering tons of people losing their livelihood. We're better than this. It's not like they chose these jobs among a plethora of high paying safe options.
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yeah, sometimes I feel kinda bad. But more and more, it's hard to find some shred of empathy for the "fuck you I got mine" crowd and for knowingly voted for a man for his racism and harmful policies.
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