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[BajaRon]

Doesn't really matter the cause, does it? The result is still the same.

It was the EPA under the last administration that killed Coal. The administration has changed and so has the leadership for the EPA. For example. The Keystone pipeline was pretty much dead with the last administration. Now it's being built. The same thing could easily happen with coal. As a matter of fact. Some coal companies are optimistic about re-starting operations that have been shut down for the last few years.

On the other hand. If the death of coal were market driven. You could pretty much mark them off unless the government decided to subsidize the industry.

So yes, I do think it matters quite a bit. Coal may be coming back.

 

[Bob Denman]

Hi Bob,

Re: Here's some statistics for you...

IMO you, and many others here, are living in today's world only.

Here is some future for you: Volvo Is First Automaker to Offer Electric or Hybrid Only

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/aut...rst-automaker-ditch-combustion-engine-n779791

The world is changing. The Dodo bird failed to change with it.

Jerry Baumchen

It's going to be interesting to see how this affects their Worldwide sales...
Time will tell the tale... :dontknow:
As far as living in "Today's World": it's the only one that I've got! :thumbup:


How about you??

 

[RinconRyder]

So yes, I do think it matters quite a bit. Coal may be coming back.

Just recently I have read several articles about how dissatisfied the coal industry is with Trump's policies and promises to deliver. Apparently it was his well known lip service to get votes and nothing more.

At any rate, once the electric generating industry shuts down a coal fueled plant or converts it to natural gas they are not likely to spend the money to re-convert it to coal (and that is assuming they can even get the necessary permits from their regulatory agencies).

Coal will still be used for a variety of manufacturing purposes but not for electric generation. Perhaps the Chinese can use it as they don't seem to care how much they pollute their air.

 

[Bob Denman]

Do you have any sources for those articles? :dontknow:

 

[RinconRyder]

Do you have any sources for those articles? :dontknow:

I don't keep track of the URL's but quite a bit of information came from articles concerning the shutdown of the Navajo Generating Station near Page, AZ. Environmentalists have been trying to shut that plant for several decades due to the smoke and soot it shoots into the nearby Grand Canyon. But because it is a source of employment for an otherwise isolated Indian tribe it continues in operation.

I believe the last one I referenced was put out by one of the petroleum industries newsletters. The one about dissatisfaction with Trump came from the evening news but I don't recall which network it was on.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Sorry...
Without a source: how can we believe it? :dontknow:

 

[RinconRyder]

:shocked: Sorry...
Without a source: how can we believe it? :dontknow:

Don't take this personally Bob....but I don't care if you believe it or not. I am not a news consolidator.

 

[Bob Denman]

As long as you don't take it personally that I don't believe you: we're good! :thumbup:
Have a GREAT weekend! :clap:nojoke