[Hoot Gibson]

Ill just be honest.
If Obama is reelected it will kill EKY's economy.
Coal, for example, is doing horrible right now at just around 65 dollars a ton.
This time last year it was double that.

Until the Government loosens up these regulations on permits among other things, it will continue to struggle.
Even if things get better in other parts of the country, the place where we live will not. It's only common since to go against the Dems


the epa is not hurting coal in the short term there biggest enemy
right now is natural gas read all the coal company earnings reports
and they will tell you it's natural gas and the weather the power plants
in this country has 200 million tons on the ground natural gas is cheap
and there switching over to gas for the first time there doing it out west
the power plants are going to burn whatever is the cheapest oil coal or
gas it's all about the bottom line

http://205.254.135.7/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=6330

Finally, you posted something with which I can agree. You are right, in the short run, the EPA's mischief is not hurting the coal industry much. However, the damage that they are doing is the long term kind from which it will take many years to recover.

The mild winter and horrible economy are depressing prices in the short term, but Obama's war on coal will result in severe shortages and soaring coal and utility prices if and when the economy ever returns to normal. Utility prices have risen sharply across this country, despite the struggling economy. It does not take much imagination to guess what will happen when the unemployment rate drops back into the 4-1/2 to 5 percent range. I can already envision future attacks on the coal industry by the socialists like Obama for being "greedy" profiteers as prices skyrocket because of shortages created by the regulations imposed during Obama's term in office.