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eng1225 (August 31, 2008 at 10:14 pm)
I doubt youenze have windmills in your yard or solar panels on your houses. Not until you turn you heaters down and your lights off will the demand of coal go down. You should be thankful for MTR so you won't freeze in the dark.
formermountainboy19 (August 17, 2008 at 8:52 pm)
Great post.The vast majority of people who "support" this type of mining work in the industry, and are constantly fed lies about how we cannot make it without coal. Such BS.
33muffin (August 15, 2008 at 12:24 pm)
Excellent video. The cunning and money that must go into the lobbying effort to keep this out of politics and the media is so incredible as to be immoral. Sure, we all benefit in a small way from cheap electricity, but it comparesto Middle Eastern oil barrons getting wealthy while citizens get very little. Also, those who think this is OK are buying the propaganda of mining companies - don't let yourself be manipulated. Clean water and air, wildlife, and beautiful place are priceless.
OnenessNow (August 14, 2008 at 4:20 am)
Everyone who loves Earth UNITE to remove the cloak of Darkness and PROTECT the mountains.Thank you so much for this video.
formermountainboy19 (August 11, 2008 at 10:41 pm)
No one, including the MSHA or OSM really knows the exact number of acres that have been surfaced mined. They dont keep those stats, but most estimates say that 14 million acres of land has been mined by MTR, and only 1-5% of that is being currently used for devolpmental purposes. That kinda kills the whole "we need flat land" argument that the coal industry gives.My drinking water will soon come from Carr Creek lake, which is on the 303d list of polluted lakes in Ky, thanks to MTR sites.
formermountainboy19 (August 11, 2008 at 10:39 pm)
By reading your post I don't think you have the right to call anyone retarded! You need to go back to school and learn how to construct a sentence.I know this wont get through to you, because facts don't work in most arguments, but I'll try anyways. Since MTR became popular in the 1970's, mining jobs have decreased by 46% in Appalachia.And It is destroying our way of life by polluting our streams and wells, burying valleys, and taking away the beauty in this area.
x0caseyrae0x (August 10, 2008 at 5:35 am)
hmmm secrets???lol are you stupid?? yeahh i think you definately aree..and why all of the sudden do you jump up and decide thaty this is new?? i mean honestly are you kidding me??and umm ohh yeahh its takin jobs away from coal miners??hmm thats funny because if you think about it its actually giving them more because they still mine underground, and then with MTR you have a powder crew, and rock trucks and loaders and high wall miners, coal truck drivers, and so much more, so um check ur facts!
x0caseyrae0x (August 10, 2008 at 5:28 am)
how did this destroy your way of life?? the people doin this is their way of life. you people are retarded. if god didnt want us to mine the coal then he wouldnt have put it into the mountain for us to mine. these hard workers get up at 3:00 in the morning to keep your power on and your heat on for in the winter time. if you have a problem with this then turn off your lights & freeze to death in the winter. coal miners work to keep food on their family's tables & you want to take that away?? w/e
formermountainboy19 (August 7, 2008 at 12:49 am)
What is making west Virginia look bad, just like Ky (where I live), is blasting the mountains away. I have nothing against the miners, most of my family work in the coal industry, but I hate MTR. My community has been ravaged by MTR, polluted streams, busted roads from overloaded trucks, and my well water, which was once clean, is now completely orange, due to the mercury, and sulfur leaking into from the mine behind my house. Ive argued facts on MTR too long, no one seems to care.
snoopdoggy223 (August 1, 2008 at 7:00 am)
WTF WANKERS |
