[crazytaxidriver]

The attempt to go to natural gas and warmer than usual weather has taken demand for coal way down. Coal companies are allowed to mine what's left of their permits. But the EPA has vetoed releasing any new ones in ky and wva. I recently went back to work but I took a 5 dollar cut and less hours. The industry may be dying but it's still cheaper and easier to get to than most other types of energy. Unless we buy from somewhere.