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Environment & Energy

marble falls

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4. My grandfather died of blacklung, so he was never very shrill. I don't see what you see ...

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Mon May 10, 2021, 08:23 AM

May 2021

... but if it's true one answer might be that miners have been so totally screwed by owners when times were good, they have genuine fears over starving when mines close as we all know coal mines should.

I don't think an autoworker who loses a job in an engine plant feels overly eco when Ford opens an electric motor plant anywhere else, either.

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Another GQP Genius Move From Wyoming: If You Don't Buy Our Coal, We'll SUE YOU!!!!! [View all] hatrack May 2021 OP

Why are coal workers so uniquely shrill in their entitlement? Lots of industries become Scrivener7 May 2021 #1

A heady mix of testosterone and rose-colored nostalgic bullshit, I suspect . . . hatrack May 2021 #2

My grandfather died of blacklung, so he was never very shrill. I don't see what you see ... marble falls May 2021 #4

And my great grandfather delivered for a beer company and was crippled when Scrivener7 May 2021 #5

The issue is eco - dirty coal is losing its market. Secondly, we might need to look at how ... marble falls May 2021 #6

Not sure what this means. Scrivener7 May 2021 #7

The free market party is doing what? Fullduplexxx May 2021 #3