[thecavemaster]

Sludge ponds, black lung, trapped miners, environmental
degradation BUT jobs and cars and houses and boats.
Beef and Old School: here is the old rube: you give
us your souls, we'll give you a way to make a living.
What you guys don't seem to want to admit, is that
that "way" (like smoking cigarettes) gives temporary
satisfaction but leads to long-term suffering and
loss. Who would deny that the coal industry has
provided jobs? a certain economic security? But
at what cost? And, my friends, there has been, is,
and will yet be a cost.