[RunItUpTheGut]

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.

Your first paragraph was something Ive considered as well.
At this rate, our electric bills will be just like a cell phone bill.

You get so many KW and after you use them, you pay a fine, or you go without heat. Wonder how many jobless citizens will choose to simply do without in January and February. It actually hurts the liberals up North then anywhere else.

And another really good point in your second paragraph. Whayne just laid off 8 or 9 employees in Corbin. A place that once employed over 200 people in this town, with really good high paying jobs (im talking 20-30 an hour) now wont even replace employees that retire and will use what they've got. I wouldn't be surprised if they have 150 employees now and that will continue to go down.