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      Not even that, it’s more expensive than natural gas and you can’t even use it in a combined cycle plant. So you pay more and get less energy for it. You don’t even need to mention pollution to show it is a terrible fuel.

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    I grew up in a county powered by Nuclear. The weird thing is that the plant was in basically the most beautiful part of the area. Their are hiking trails and parks nearby. And the artificial lakes are a huge tourist draw. Some of the most expensive real estate is practically in the shadow of the cooling towers.

    The power generation that suffers from bad publicity is not coal.

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    That along with weakening of child labor laws should make it much easier to children into the exciting world of coal mining.

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      If the popularity of Minecraft proved anything it is that children yearn for the mines

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          I responded to a profile on hinge that said they wanted a man who yearned for things with, “I yearn for oncoming traffic does that count, lmao”

          Unsurprisingly I didn’t get a match but I still wouldn’t change anything lol

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    These fucks know coal is on its way out, the game is just to get their grubby little fingers on as many taxpayer-funded subsidies as they can before cover completely runs out.

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    Just need a mascot of a little orphan boy with a bad cough. Black lung Billy, here to teach you about Kentucky’s long and proud tradition of coal mining and why scrip needs to be legalized

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    Imagine being the person to make that graphic.

    “You’re going to make pollution fun!”

    “Yay! I’m a fucking asshole! Gotta eat tho!”

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    Big Oil, coal and other shit have been worming their way into US education for decades, spreading lies, esp. against climate and environmental action. I once listened to a long podcast about this, interviewing parents etc. It was very interesting, and very depressing.

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    I’m just glad they settled on something cartoonish for the mascot. A few of the concepts in the pitch meeting would have fit right in at a minstrel show.