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[Skinny Pete]

Too bad. It's coal o'clock!

I wish we could throw this whole admin into coal mine and implode it.

 

[mreddie]

Fucking morons.

 

[turmoil]

Just wait for yuge subsidies to coal so it becomes competitive against solar.

 

[Electric Eye]

When those unemployed miners are in line at the local unemployment office at least they can take solace, as they cough up a lung, that the war on coal was finally heroically declared "over". However, the next time you beg your local official to do something about the mining jobs going away don't be surprised when they respond, "but the war is over, we won" as he/she smiles and walks away.

 

[Strike]

Elections have consequences. Remember that next time.

 

[nintendoman58]

So like, is everybody gonna be going back to coal now because of this? Are we gonna see a MASSIVE spike in coal usage over renewables thanks to this?

I feel like this ship has sailed a long time ago and this is just Pruitt throwing a temper tantrum.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

So like, is everybody gonna be going back to coal now because of this? Are we gonna see a MASSIVE spike in coal usage over renewables thanks to this?

No.

 

[Mashing]

I can't wait until the next President repeals all of Trumps repeals.

 

[TI82]

Elections have consequences. Remember that next time.

Yep, anyone who voted third party or didn't vote: fuck you, you did to us

Also we need major election reform. A vote in Montana shouldn't be worth more than one in California

 

[nintendoman58]

No.

As I thought.

It’s a good thing business don’t follow the “fuck Obama” mentality that this administration seems to have.

 

[Mahonay]

Elections have consequences. Remember that next time.

He lost the popular vote by about 3 million votes. The majority of America did not vote for him.

Although nearly 60 million people still decided an unqualified sexual predator racist con man was ok with them. And all those that didn't vote because "both sides are just as bad". So yeah still, fucked.

 

[TI82]

He lost the popular vote by about 3 million votes. The majority of America did not vote for him.

Although nearly 60 million people still decided an unqualified sexual predator racist con man was ok with them.

Some 4,000 total votes in swing States decided that we got Trump :|

 

[chaosblade]

This is just step one. Wait until the tax breaks and government investment into renewable energy turns into extra taxes because "small government, less regulation" and fossil fuels get tax breaks to "save jobs."

 

[ZeezbruhTV]

So like, is everybody gonna be going back to coal now because of this? Are we gonna see a MASSIVE spike in coal usage over renewables thanks to this?

I feel like this ship has sailed a long time ago and this is just Pruitt throwing a temper tantrum.

Economics have killed coal and it isn't coming back.

 

[Earthbound64]

No better place than Hazard, Kentucky, indeed

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[Mahonay]

Some 4,000 total votes in swing States decided that we got Trump :|

I still can't believe Pennsylvania.

Gerrymandering worked as designed.

EDIT: LOL. Not fully awake apparently. I rescind this comment.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Good luck trying to get people to give a shit about coal again without fucking your economy over.

 

[Shadybiz]

So like, is everybody gonna be going back to coal now because of this? Are we gonna see a MASSIVE spike in coal usage over renewables thanks to this?

I feel like this ship has sailed a long time ago and this is just Pruitt throwing a temper tantrum.

Of course not...it just looks good to the people who don't know any better and fail to educate themselves on the matter (so it looks good to around half of the voting population).

 

[thiscoldblack]

The policy for this current government is “we’re moving forwardbackwards”.

 

[theWB27]

He lost the popular vote by about 3 million votes. The majority of America did not vote for him.

Although nearly 60 million people still decided an unqualified sexual predator racist con man was ok with them. And all those that didn't vote because "both sides are just as bad". So yeah still, fucked.

Pretty bonkers. Winning by losing.

 

[nintendoman58]

I still can't believe Pennsylvania.

Gerrymandering worked as designed.

???

Gerrymandering has nothing to do with Presedential elections, nor does it with Senate seats.

 

[Mahonay]

???

Gerrymandering has nothing to do with Presedential elections, nor does it with Senate seats.

I had a brain fart. I rescind that comment.

something something something, Electoral College is broken

 

[Jisgsaw]

No better place to make that announcement than Hazard, Kentucky.

I have to admit, the balls of this administration to make their shit openly, and on top of that making fun of it also openly, is pretty impressive...

Which makes me wonder why they still have such relatively high approval ratings.

 

[epmode]

???

Gerrymandering has nothing to do with Presedential elections, nor does it with Senate seats.

Correct. The Senate is fucked in another way: Senate votes in the least populated states are worth far more than others. Republicans are spread across the country in smaller numbers while Democrats tend to cluster in certain states. Since every state gets two Senators, Republicans get more representation than their numbers imply.

 

[TI82]

I had a brain fart. I rescind that comment.

something something something, Electoral College is broken

It's okay, gerrymandering is also horrible. Just it's something bad both parties do

 

[Mahonay]

It's okay, gerrymandering is also horrible. Just it's something bad both parties do

The party that has control sure is using it to a staggering degree in their favor.

It is pretty crazy that there is no rule to how party biased you are when you draw out voting districts. Literally can do whatever you want.

 

[Rebel Leader]

"The war on coal is over"

There is no war.


It's just coal is obsolete.

 

[subrock]

Announcing in Category Six Hurricane, Kentucky would have been more appropriate

 

[Vena]

This is just step one. Wait until the tax breaks and government investment into renewable energy turns into extra taxes because "small government, less regulation" and fossil fuels get tax breaks to "save jobs."

There is no market. California sets most of these rules as one of the world's largest economies (and heavily favors renewables) and California doesn't give a shit about Pruitt's agenda. California + the rest of the world (where the US can't somehow control renewable markets) makes this a pointless gesture of corruption. The market decided this already, these coal "initiatives" are done and pointless.

"The war on coal" being over is apt, because its been over for the better part of this decade.

Of all the things Pruitt can do from behind his wall of armed bodyguards, this is probably the most pointless. But he's an idiot so...

 

[Saya]

Which one is Pruitt?

 

[Meier]

On the plus side, the economics of coal are so bad in comparison nowadays that there just isn't a huge demand for it. But fuck these guys.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Which one is Pruitt?

Yes.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Coal is a dead industry. Natural Gas is cheaper and easier to extract and renewable options are getting cheaper by the day.

But sure continue to irreversiblly squeeze the earth for some quick money for yourselves.

 

[Necron]

"No better place to make that announcement than Hazard, Kentucky.”

Is this real life?!

I... just don't know anymore.

 

[Vena]

Coal is a dead industry. Natural Gas is cheaper and easier to extract and renewable options are getting cheaper by the day.

But sure continue to irreversiblly squeeze the earth for some quick money for yourselves.

Well since the economies of coal are so poor, they won't squeeze much of anything out of this. They can roll back the protections but that doesn't change in the intrinsic lack of demand, low value problem that coal has faced for years.

 

[Dr.Horrible]

Relevant to this news

http://youtu.be/aw6RsUhw1Q8

 

[Zombie James]

EDA.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Imagine if Kodak had been bigger. Digital cameras would be so banned in the US.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

“The war on coal is over,”

Yes, and you lost.

 

[Star Orpheus]

I can't wait until the next President repeals all of Trumps repeals.

I wonder how much of a fit he'll through on twitter over that.

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

This sucks, but it's obvious this won't do jack shit for the dying coal industry. People are just going to learn the hard way.

 

[Labombadog]

No better place than Hazard, Kentucky, indeed

It's truly like a The Onion article but it's reality. Damn.

 

[Nemesis121]

Corruption at its purest.

Corruption? nah this is Trump being racist, he has tried to undo almost all of Obama's policy in 9 months, last major one will be Obama Care..

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Sabotage coal plants, derail coal trains, etc.

I can see this happening now from the fringe environmental groups.

 

[Trickster]

I wonder how all the coal people will feel about this once it's 2020 and they still don't have a job

I wonder how much of a fit he'll through on twitter over that.

This and his reaction when he loses reelection are the only reasons I want to have him around for his entire term

 

[Mahonay]

Sabotage coal plants, derail coal trains, etc.

I can see this happening now from the fringe environmental groups.

Lol you mean the handful of coal plants that still exist? No. It's not needed. Coal is not going to suddenly start making a comeback unless you travel back in time. "Fringe environmental groups" have other actual threats to worry about.

 

[geomon]

As DOE seeks to boost coal, Luminant to shut major Texas plant

In the end, Luminant’s decision was not based on environmental regulations and policies, but on market economics. “The market's unprecedented low power price environment has profoundly impacted its operating revenues and no longer supports continued investment,” Curt Morgan, Vistra Energy's president and CEO, said in a statement on Monticello’s closing.

Luminant said it is continuing its reclamation work at the plant's mines, which ceased operation in the spring of 2016. Monticello was fired by lignite from those mines until about two years ago when the plant began to import Powder River Basin coal from Wyoming.

The Sierra Club welcomed the retirement announcement, saying Monticello was one of the dirtiest coal plants in the United States. The environmental organization said Monticello would be the 259th coal plant to retire or announce retirement in the U.S. since 2010. If three more coal plants retire, the U.S. would have half as many operating coal plants as it did seven years ago, the group said.

Welp...

 

[Nabs]

No better place to make that announcement than Hazard, Kentucky.

Wake me up.

 

[Nokterian]

Environmental "Protection" Agency.

Thanks America for voting in a clown that just does the opposite of what Obama did out of spite, the rest of the world really appreciates it.

Everything will get dirty water, no clean air in return!

This is so fucked up..

 

[Vena]

As DOE seeks to boost coal, Luminant to shut major Texas plant

Welp...

Its an admin run by corrupt idiots, this should be a surprise to no one. They are trying to fight market forces by shaking their fists at them vigorously.

This is, at best, showboating for dead-end coal towns/voters who won't actually see any benefit and will inevitably be wiped out by the market.