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I didn't say it was good or bad, I only stated what it is. Come down off your soapbox.
You used Trump's phrase "clean beautiful coal" minus the quotation marks, thus implying that you shared his view. If you do not, it is not clear from your post.
You also referred to the "war on coal" as if it was real. it was not. Weak regulations designed to spare human life and at least make a gesture towards coalfield restoration are hardly a "war on coal".
I agree that the market for coal in this country is dying, if not dead, due to fracking (questionable in itself for environmental reasons) and a resulting glut of natural gas.
That leaves exports. I do not think destroying ancient mountains which can never be restored is worth the very temporary financial "profit" obtained by selling coal to Third World nations.
I am not being "subjective". I have been following the impact of the coal industry in Appalachia for around 50 years, and I know what I have seen and learned.
My opinions are founded in experience and fact, and I think I've earned that "soapbox".
Can someone explain what this statement from President's Trump's speech means?
In a previous thread conservatives made it very clear to me that they were not against what is known as renewable energies but more so the government subsidies they receive. I'd like to hear more on what peoples thoughts are on the "beautiful, clean coal" remark.
Do you have any idea what completely eliminating coal usage in power production and industry will do to the economy? Wind energy is a nice supplement, natural gas is a nice peak fuel. But nuclear and coal is the backbone of the grid. Look at the average home these days. How many computers, how many TV’s and the poorest people in Alabama have AC.
Can someone explain what this statement from President's Trump's speech means?
In a previous thread conservatives made it very clear to me that they were not against what is known as renewable energies but more so the government subsidies they receive. I'd like to hear more on what peoples thoughts are on the "beautiful, clean coal" remark.
Do you have any idea what completely eliminating coal usage in power production and industry will do to the economy? Wind energy is a nice supplement, natural gas is a nice peak fuel. But nuclear and coal is the backbone of the grid. Look at the average home these days. How many computers, how many TV’s and the poorest people in Alabama have AC.
In 1997 coal provided 53% of power.
in 2015 coal provided 33% of power.
..and the rate of change is accelerating.
So to answer your question, given current trends it will do absolutely nothing to the economy.
Can someone explain what this statement from President's Trump's speech means?
In a previous thread conservatives made it very clear to me that they were not against what is known as renewable energies but more so the government subsidies they receive. I'd like to hear more on what peoples thoughts are on the "beautiful, clean coal" remark.
It was a dog whistle for Trump's base, especially the base that lives in rural 'coal' areas. Those people desperately want to believe and want to be told that their coal mining way of life is coming back. They don't want the truth, that the market has moved on from coal. Trump is telling them what they want to hear so they will keep voting for him. Both the GOP and Trump know that coal is a dying industry, but they have to lie about it because they need the votes. I personally think it is time that someone tells these people the truth, the coal jobs are gone forever and you and your kids are going to have to learn to do something else for a living most likely in a different part of the country.
People mentioning that coal extraction and processing is polluting and trying to say that Trump is mistaken or lying are being disingenuous. "Clean coal" refers only to the ability to burn coal in power plants cleanly. That's all.
We can use coal for power generation, cleanly, and we do. Unlike China, which spins up a new coal plant every month and doesn't require any emissions controls for the plant.
Republicans have no knowledge, rather they have delusional and factless soundbites formed by the corporations that give republicans campaign money, like “We have ended the war on American Energy and we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal."
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