[TheRealThing]

This is my entire argument in one sentence.

I could care less about coal itself.

I do care about the replacement of jobs and what we need to do to keep this state from falling into a ghost town.

We are liable to see our electoral votes drop if things keep progressing.

They'll never understand until the day comes when they open that electric bill Run. And BTW, the expensive electrical power your talking about will be regulated. A family of four will be allowed to use so much and past that we're talking about fines and levies here. I do not believe that most people are willing to take the time to understand the industry that supports coal, which is in turn used to make cheap affordable electricity.

Just for example take only one company, Whayne supply. They employ over 1,000 in Kentucky alone and not counting their high paying jobs are responsible for millions in business each year in this state. That does not take into consideration all the heavy equipment operators, transportation, fuel, insurance, vendors and support spin offs. Of course, things like advertising, utilities consumption, construction and development, building maintenance and the like are a completely separate animal.

It does not matter how bleedy the hearts of liberals become, in this country all commerce is in some way related to the energy field. One cannot avoid it, right now gas is cheap and economic indicators are rising because of it. I believe if the left wing does somehow manage to idle the fossil fuels industry, they will have killed this land more surely than Nikita Kruschev could have hoped for in his wildest dreams. We are unbelievably, still the world's premier super power. And we are a nation built on cheap energy. By all means let's let the energy field take us to the next level, however, just saying it won't make it so and neither will a ton of new regs. Like I said, we have to survive until we get to that point. The good news is that in the meantime, our industrial community are the cleanest on the entire planet and getting better. Still, that debate is moot until and unless Russia, China, and India get on board with all this and they have not as yet.