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Machiavellian on 10 October 2017
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fatslob-:O said:
Machiavellian said:

I think not.  No matter what, coal is going out even if this roll back happens.  After reading this article this thing will be locked up in court for years before its takes effect if it takes effect.  The problem with coal is that Natural Gas is cheaper or comparable and cleaner, doesn't polute the air with dangerous ash or harmful mecury etc.  

Withdrawing from CPP also benefits natural gas since there will be less strenuous restrictions regarding usage of that source of energy ... 

Also is it a good idea to completely drop coal production to increase natural gas consumption when much of the natural gas in the US is imported from a foreign nation such as Canada ?

By dropping coal production entirely we'd be effectively sending Canada a message that it's okay for them to set whatever price the US has to pay plus keeping US coal production keeps vulnerable communities out of poverty too ...

Can you really say that your fine with with curbing emissions at the expense of human welfare and letting a foreign nation have a monopoly on US energy sources ? 

At this point extreme enviromentalists and those colluding with them ironically have as much empathy as Trump does so they say ... 

I am not sure if CPP effects Natural gas as much as it effect coal.  From what I have read the real impact of CPP has always been coal and probably why the Senator is in Kentucky preaching about this saving their jobs.  Even still, this only just prolong their jobs as more companies look to move away from Coal to Natural Gas which has all the benefits and less of the issues coal has.

Also way before the CPP and even the Obama Administration Coal was on the decline and jobs in that market was dropping as well.  Now that most mines are looking for automation it will be like the Automotive industry where machines will take care of those manual jobs.

The key issue here is if America isn't on the for front of renewable energy then we will still be in the same place buying our products from another country. 

I believe there is no empathy is because Coal is considered bad for the environment but also for the health of the people that do the work, for the people that breath in the air like children, drink the water that is contaminated with mercury or deal with the effect in the atmosphere.  If the coal industry want to keep rolling then they need to put more effort in converting their plants to the many clean coal solutions but instead they do not want to put any money into it instead they want to continue business as usual.