So pleased to see the dialogue...that's why we make films like this! Please...keep it going. Our democracy is failing because we don't have enough dialogue. Thanks for caring enough to post.
I am optimistic that solar, geothermal, wind will be the energy of the future, decades from now, these renewable resources will provide over 80% of the energy needs. They have been getting cheaper and more efficient. That is, if you guys want it to happen.
Or you can stick to cheep coal which over 10,000 people die from prematurely related to pollution from coal fire plants. Its kinda up to you =/
Renewable energy creates jobs, so can coal, but what is cleaner?
Ok, Ok, lets stop burning coal in our American pollution-controlled scrubber equipped power-plants, which provides heat and energy for jobs and just ship it all over to China, where they produce heat, energy and jobs burning the coal in uncontrolled power plants with no scrubbers.. They get the energy and the jobs and after a few days of winds we get the pollution.
Half our electricity is from coal. Or would we be better off in the dark, or with sky-high energy costs, no thanks to the green nazis and the NWO criminal elitists, who exploit dumbed-down Americans' gullibility to push their anti-freedom agenda to seize more and more power over the people, to make the slaves and poorer?
Want to stop use of coal? Then get us that "free energy" technology that the government may be hiding from us, just so they can do weather modification and take over the world.
..PS: Google Earth Europe... Then gaze upon the magnanimous coal-power use of the EU!! Germanys' coal operations are spectacular! Coal-fired power generation is that continents' energy life-blood... "Environmentalism" has many agendas... NONE are for our nations' good. The roots of its' leaders lead to disgusting waters... ... .
...American postWW2 Democrat/Nazi left-wing politicos' propaganda! Collaborateurs!! Those ol' days when human STARVATION was rampant throughout Appalachia must really appeal to you friggin US Nazis! Nawww, man The shadowy creeps at the top of this environmental 'movement' were, and/or are, either, still around post WW2- or schooled in college by- Eurasian Nazis... &R still bent on fraggin' the USA...
There are legitimate claims, yes.. However, "the enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily a 'friend.'
I call it Mountain Top expansion... if you live in SEastern kentucky... everything that you shop on was a mining site!... we have no other fucking jobs here.. coal produces almost all the energy you all are using right now... TAKE AWAY OUR JOBS ..... YOU CAN FUCKING FREEZE TO DEATH HOLDING YOUR LITTLE TREE!!!
Why do poeple put the Economy over the Environment??? I hear people saying "screw the earth, we need jobs!" Well what is your job going to do for you when our planet is dying? It isn't "Us against Nature", we ARE nature
ok we are not going to come to an agreement so lets take coal away from the hundreds of thousands of coal miners and strippers alike and sign up on welfare with the millions of others because there is nothing else in harlan ky for us to do for work. let me guess you are thinking find other work lets see we have walmart ya thats what i could do work at walmart so i can shop at walmart i want you to put your self in my shoes and tell me what to do.
Please google "green jobs Appalachia" and you will find a wealth of info that can get your kids and grandkids out of the mines, drinking clean water, and in lucrative jobs. Thos fighting MTR in Appalachia are locals....and also fighting for clean jobs so their kids can stay in good health.
@coalmovie shut the fuck up... we dont want your green fucking jobs... seriously this is our!!! way of life.. we can just feed off your check.. i guess !!!!
iamalone1984: First ask yourself, why is work of any importance? It isn't. We dont need jobs. All we need is money. In 15 years there will be 40% less jobs than today. Ever heard about rationalisation? So what do you do, when machines are doing the jobs? The economy model is outdated. Thats the point. You should think in future terms.
there would be MORE job if people did underground mining. not stop mining all together thats not what the documentary says. but stripmining only takes a few people and explosives so how does that supply more jobs? answer that. and how are the people that live there suppose to live, they cant and they shouldnt be forced to move b/c some politician wants money. How long til the mountains are gone. We wont have anymore coal if you blow it up. It is not efficient its just cheaper.
@iamalone1984 i live in leslie co. I know how it is.. my father is a strip miner and all my moms family is underground miners. for icg! people just dont understand unless they live here so they have no right to say anything about our lives.
Keep on digging. Listen to george bush. Implement clean coal technology. Energy independants is what this country needs. Will create thousands of jobs. Lasting jobs. WATCH GLEN BECK ON FOX NEWS!
The same fascist coal company propaganda below that we always hear. They expect the outside world to be too lazy to do the research and take THEIR coal company facts at face value. They want people to see anti-MTR individuals as "ignorant out-of-area non-working extreame militant environmetalist" when most of us are educated hard working people from right here in Appalachia. MTR must stop. I LIKE MY COAL MOUNTAIN TOP SAFE!
continuing from before none of these enviromentalists understand that their down with mtr means death to all coal because the same permits for valley fills also pertain to slate dumps and that is how the prep plants stay running without them all coal stops.they are pawns for politicians to manipulate and use as if they are puppets,but as long as they enjoy being a dumb ass.also the arsenic that was in the film check chemicals in the gas well drilling process. my family had same problem.
How many of the people commenting on this video has anything to do with mtr,coal or anything with the industry itself. Probably none. This is the way of life for the workers in the state notice the guy in the video is unemployed.Well this is one of the great ways that some of the people in wv make their living.They do nothing,have never done anything ,and are never going to do anything.Just a draw on the system. besides why is there never anything about the gas well drilling.
thease fuccking dum asses need there power cut off and let them put a fucking windmill on top there house see if that will keep them warm this summer wtf people your fighting your dam selfs
As if our only choice were going off the grid or destroying mountains and making people sick. Fortunately, life isn't that simple - we have many more choices than that and should be exploring them. Let's get a green energy economy going in the coalfields so miners children can have good, clean, healthy jobs and the land and people can survive. This absolutely can be done. But you have to want that for your kids.
It's not so much about being anti-coal. It's about the method in which coal is taken from the Earth. Clear-cutting forests, blowing hundreds of feet off the top of a mountain, and then dumping the rubble into nearby valleys has horrific environmental consequences. I'm much more concerned about the poisoning of our water supply than the massive amounts of greenhouse gasses that even "clean" coal emits when burned.
I know sooner or later, we will need to use other forms of energy, but let's not shoot ourselves in the foot before we get it set up. We can't just put tens of thousands of miners out of work, and kill 51% of our nations electricity, unless the substitution is ready to step in...fully tested, and able to perform to coal's standards. Would be insane.
WV24985, use some common sense. Mountain top removal/surface mining is actually putting miners out of work because you can get more coal with less workers. Our country won't magically give up it's coal dependency if we outlaw mountaintop removal. The coal companies will just revert back to underground operations. Granted there will most likely be a decrease in production but since we already produce enough coal to export it shouldn't hurt our domestic supply.
@RadioSchizoUT First of all, the coal being mined from surface operations, cannot be mined underground...second, if it could be, there would never be enough people willing to go underground to get what this country needs. I have strip mined for years, and there's NO WAY I will go a mile underground, and crawl around in a coal seam, that you don't have room to roll over in. Third, there is the safety factor...many, many, many more miners are KILLED in underground operations.
Yes, strip mining is much safer. And worldcoal[dot]com says that we get 67% of our coal from surface mining. So what do we do, just keep on with business as usual so we can have an unlimited supply of energy ? Or maybe start making tough decisions on the national level which temporarily impact our convenient lifestyles? Likewise, it took gas to reach 3-4 dollars a gallon before the Average Joe realized that our current way of living is not sustainable. BTW, I'm not some pothead Greenpeace hippie
50 times as many jobs per megawatt wtf are you talking about solar requires little to no labor most modern solar plants are almost 100% automated. listen eco hippies im not saying there are no problems with coal, or that we shouldnt explore new energies. but if you think we can get rid of coal without a massive decline in living standards you are simply ignorant. btw most people in virginia are not radical socialists. this film zeros in on a tiny group. WV has no economy without coal
all of the sustainable alternatives cost between 7 - 10 times more than coal. the problem is that these same people who want to shut down coal mining also want CHEAPER energy, in america we complain about what we pay now. imagine increasing it 8 times. less than 10 % of americans would be able to afford electricity. certainly none of these people would.
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OK guys , im from WV, the heart of coal country ( mcdowel county ) and none of this shit happens here in MCdowel we once had the worlds biggest tipple and we are still fine we truthfully hate these people who tell this shit that is a bunch of shit and coal is the main thing our staes ecnomy is based on , no coal we are forthless , so you green mother fuckers need to set down and shut the HEll up ok .
I live in a area that thrives on coal, if coal was taken away many people would be jobless, and then what would they do because one their children wouldn't be able to go to college and coal mines pay more than most degrees, coal is useful, you have some idiots who do no know what their talking about, and sundance would be the channel to show a bunch of naive idiots who just want to be seen on tv and look big thats all this is
Zakaslamuk - I'm from WV and my brother is a retired coal miner. These people aren't protesting all coal mining. They're protesting the mountaintop removal process. The regulations on MTR were so weakened by the Bush administration that the coal companies' slurry pond can leach into the main water supply and they can't be punished, which causes the tap water you saw in the first scene. And this part of WV doesn't have Wal-Marts or large stores in which to buy bottled water.
Good place for moving out of, sounds like. Leave it to the likes of 'cowbubbles,' who'd just as soon live the life of an obedient company man.
It's said we all have our price...so long as there are enough cut-rate 'cowbubbles' out there to keep the MTR machine rolling, the bosses'll have themselves a profitable little 3rd world country to grind up in WV.
Well, the movie might touch on alternative forms but the WV Legislature sure isn't looking any further than repealing the ban on nuclear power plants. This was supported by Senator Erik Wells of Kanawha County.
Its us dumb hillbillies that are keeping your lights on. You want the coal then you need to grow a pair and go underground to see what these remarkable men do everyday.
zakaslamuk: After a check of your channel I see your just a bigot from Britain. You're a disgrace to your country. The people of coal country are dying so you can switch on a light and you make jokes ! Useless tosser, go ploish your bellend you wanker
i saw this film recently at my work (citizens action coalition of indiana) and was blown away by the strength and resolve of these folks fighting the mining companies. we are fighting the coal burning madness here in indiana. our fight is your fight. solidarity!
I am watching this on Sundance right now. Thank god this documentary was made. Thank god for the Internet, we can get past our governments all over the world and tell the truth about what is happening to Planet Earth, our home.
as heating costs go thru the roof appalachia is in big trouble. even environmentalists will be glad to have coal heat. poor west virginia, it will be stripped to the bone.
Meh, if it were only so simple. But it's not. We can't do without coal for a long time for many reasons... but it would be nice to live in la la land and ignore the harsh realities on BOTH sides of the issue.
There does have to be a better way to manage it than we are doing now however. Its not just about energy though, or the ecology. It is a major socio-economic issue for the coal regions of the country. No coal, no livelihood, no food on the table.
Wind and Solar provide 50 times as many jobs per megawatt of energy. Safer jobs, with room for advancement. Mountain Top Removal is a way to get energy as cheap as possible, meaning the least amount of jobs. The American people are paying the cost so the companies can make the most profit.
Thank you for your kind words. Spread the news about the trailer. I will send an email with a website soon, where folks can register for new about the film.
Thanks for putting up this video, important subject.
Nightversionn 5 months ago
So pleased to see the dialogue...that's why we make films like this! Please...keep it going. Our democracy is failing because we don't have enough dialogue. Thanks for caring enough to post.
- David (the filmmaker of Burning the Future)
coalmovie 5 months ago
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curingaging00 5 months ago
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curingaging00 5 months ago
It will take a while for us to transition into greener energy, but sooner or later we will get there.
curingaging00 5 months ago
I am optimistic that solar, geothermal, wind will be the energy of the future, decades from now, these renewable resources will provide over 80% of the energy needs. They have been getting cheaper and more efficient. That is, if you guys want it to happen.
Or you can stick to cheep coal which over 10,000 people die from prematurely related to pollution from coal fire plants. Its kinda up to you =/
Renewable energy creates jobs, so can coal, but what is cleaner?
curingaging00 5 months ago
Ok, Ok, lets stop burning coal in our American pollution-controlled scrubber equipped power-plants, which provides heat and energy for jobs and just ship it all over to China, where they produce heat, energy and jobs burning the coal in uncontrolled power plants with no scrubbers.. They get the energy and the jobs and after a few days of winds we get the pollution.
ChgoSTrider 6 months ago
Half our electricity is from coal. Or would we be better off in the dark, or with sky-high energy costs, no thanks to the green nazis and the NWO criminal elitists, who exploit dumbed-down Americans' gullibility to push their anti-freedom agenda to seize more and more power over the people, to make the slaves and poorer?
Want to stop use of coal? Then get us that "free energy" technology that the government may be hiding from us, just so they can do weather modification and take over the world.
pronatalist 8 months ago
..PS: Google Earth Europe... Then gaze upon the magnanimous coal-power use of the EU!! Germanys' coal operations are spectacular! Coal-fired power generation is that continents' energy life-blood... "Environmentalism" has many agendas... NONE are for our nations' good. The roots of its' leaders lead to disgusting waters... ... .
SittingMooseShaman 8 months ago
...American postWW2 Democrat/Nazi left-wing politicos' propaganda! Collaborateurs!! Those ol' days when human STARVATION was rampant throughout Appalachia must really appeal to you friggin US Nazis! Nawww, man The shadowy creeps at the top of this environmental 'movement' were, and/or are, either, still around post WW2- or schooled in college by- Eurasian Nazis... &R still bent on fraggin' the USA...
There are legitimate claims, yes.. However, "the enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily a 'friend.'
SittingMooseShaman 8 months ago
I call it Mountain Top expansion... if you live in SEastern kentucky... everything that you shop on was a mining site!... we have no other fucking jobs here.. coal produces almost all the energy you all are using right now... TAKE AWAY OUR JOBS ..... YOU CAN FUCKING FREEZE TO DEATH HOLDING YOUR LITTLE TREE!!!
unitedcheerstar 8 months ago
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""Coal burning does nuclear fusion, and releases teh CO2 plants need to grow. No more CO2 in the air than 200 years ago.""
What!? My goodness... some peoples children.
PrimalPrime0 1 year ago
Coal burning does nuclear fusion, and releases teh CO2 plants need to grow. No more CO2 in the air than 200 years ago.
JonThm 1 year ago
what do you do for a living
iamalone1984 1 year ago
Why do poeple put the Economy over the Environment??? I hear people saying "screw the earth, we need jobs!" Well what is your job going to do for you when our planet is dying? It isn't "Us against Nature", we ARE nature
JordanPeterman 2 years ago
ok we are not going to come to an agreement so lets take coal away from the hundreds of thousands of coal miners and strippers alike and sign up on welfare with the millions of others because there is nothing else in harlan ky for us to do for work. let me guess you are thinking find other work lets see we have walmart ya thats what i could do work at walmart so i can shop at walmart i want you to put your self in my shoes and tell me what to do.
iamalone1984 2 years ago
Please google "green jobs Appalachia" and you will find a wealth of info that can get your kids and grandkids out of the mines, drinking clean water, and in lucrative jobs. Thos fighting MTR in Appalachia are locals....and also fighting for clean jobs so their kids can stay in good health.
coalmovie 2 years ago 6
@coalmovie shut the fuck up... we dont want your green fucking jobs... seriously this is our!!! way of life.. we can just feed off your check.. i guess !!!!
unitedcheerstar 8 months ago
iamalone1984: First ask yourself, why is work of any importance? It isn't. We dont need jobs. All we need is money. In 15 years there will be 40% less jobs than today. Ever heard about rationalisation? So what do you do, when machines are doing the jobs? The economy model is outdated. Thats the point. You should think in future terms.
WolYou 1 year ago
@iamalone1984
there would be MORE job if people did underground mining. not stop mining all together thats not what the documentary says. but stripmining only takes a few people and explosives so how does that supply more jobs? answer that. and how are the people that live there suppose to live, they cant and they shouldnt be forced to move b/c some politician wants money. How long til the mountains are gone. We wont have anymore coal if you blow it up. It is not efficient its just cheaper.
SkyeHavok 1 year ago
@iamalone1984 i live in leslie co. I know how it is.. my father is a strip miner and all my moms family is underground miners. for icg! people just dont understand unless they live here so they have no right to say anything about our lives.
unitedcheerstar 8 months ago
what are people suppose to do for a living someone please give a good answer.
iamalone1984 2 years ago
@iamalone1984
watch?v=-o5NzrO5Hn0
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
@RadioSchizoUT
Eh, it didn't show up. Search "ralph nader mountaintop removal".
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
Keep on digging. Listen to george bush. Implement clean coal technology. Energy independants is what this country needs. Will create thousands of jobs. Lasting jobs. WATCH GLEN BECK ON FOX NEWS!
MrJeffbuchanan 2 years ago
Woops. It's actually worldcoal[dot]org. Click on "coal" and then "coal mining" for the number I was talking about.
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
This movie sounds pretty damned interesting
DeadJerker 2 years ago 2
The same fascist coal company propaganda below that we always hear. They expect the outside world to be too lazy to do the research and take THEIR coal company facts at face value. They want people to see anti-MTR individuals as "ignorant out-of-area non-working extreame militant environmetalist" when most of us are educated hard working people from right here in Appalachia. MTR must stop. I LIKE MY COAL MOUNTAIN TOP SAFE!
cardinalsboi22 2 years ago
continuing from before none of these enviromentalists understand that their down with mtr means death to all coal because the same permits for valley fills also pertain to slate dumps and that is how the prep plants stay running without them all coal stops.they are pawns for politicians to manipulate and use as if they are puppets,but as long as they enjoy being a dumb ass.also the arsenic that was in the film check chemicals in the gas well drilling process. my family had same problem.
franco1766 2 years ago
How many of the people commenting on this video has anything to do with mtr,coal or anything with the industry itself. Probably none. This is the way of life for the workers in the state notice the guy in the video is unemployed.Well this is one of the great ways that some of the people in wv make their living.They do nothing,have never done anything ,and are never going to do anything.Just a draw on the system. besides why is there never anything about the gas well drilling.
franco1766 2 years ago
who gives a fuck about hippes?
chandude3 2 years ago
thease fuccking dum asses need there power cut off and let them put a fucking windmill on top there house see if that will keep them warm this summer wtf people your fighting your dam selfs
dozer3man 2 years ago
As if our only choice were going off the grid or destroying mountains and making people sick. Fortunately, life isn't that simple - we have many more choices than that and should be exploring them. Let's get a green energy economy going in the coalfields so miners children can have good, clean, healthy jobs and the land and people can survive. This absolutely can be done. But you have to want that for your kids.
coalmovie 2 years ago 3
You like destroying the environment?
catfish4975 2 years ago
It's not so much about being anti-coal. It's about the method in which coal is taken from the Earth. Clear-cutting forests, blowing hundreds of feet off the top of a mountain, and then dumping the rubble into nearby valleys has horrific environmental consequences. I'm much more concerned about the poisoning of our water supply than the massive amounts of greenhouse gasses that even "clean" coal emits when burned.
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
I know sooner or later, we will need to use other forms of energy, but let's not shoot ourselves in the foot before we get it set up. We can't just put tens of thousands of miners out of work, and kill 51% of our nations electricity, unless the substitution is ready to step in...fully tested, and able to perform to coal's standards. Would be insane.
WV24985 2 years ago
WV24985, use some common sense. Mountain top removal/surface mining is actually putting miners out of work because you can get more coal with less workers. Our country won't magically give up it's coal dependency if we outlaw mountaintop removal. The coal companies will just revert back to underground operations. Granted there will most likely be a decrease in production but since we already produce enough coal to export it shouldn't hurt our domestic supply.
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
@RadioSchizoUT First of all, the coal being mined from surface operations, cannot be mined underground...second, if it could be, there would never be enough people willing to go underground to get what this country needs. I have strip mined for years, and there's NO WAY I will go a mile underground, and crawl around in a coal seam, that you don't have room to roll over in. Third, there is the safety factor...many, many, many more miners are KILLED in underground operations.
WV24985 2 years ago
Yes, strip mining is much safer. And worldcoal[dot]com says that we get 67% of our coal from surface mining. So what do we do, just keep on with business as usual so we can have an unlimited supply of energy ? Or maybe start making tough decisions on the national level which temporarily impact our convenient lifestyles? Likewise, it took gas to reach 3-4 dollars a gallon before the Average Joe realized that our current way of living is not sustainable. BTW, I'm not some pothead Greenpeace hippie
RadioSchizoUT 2 years ago
that looks like a hell of a film. cant wait to see it. good job.
Plomomedia 2 years ago
50 times as many jobs per megawatt wtf are you talking about solar requires little to no labor most modern solar plants are almost 100% automated. listen eco hippies im not saying there are no problems with coal, or that we shouldnt explore new energies. but if you think we can get rid of coal without a massive decline in living standards you are simply ignorant. btw most people in virginia are not radical socialists. this film zeros in on a tiny group. WV has no economy without coal
discronificator 2 years ago
all of the sustainable alternatives cost between 7 - 10 times more than coal. the problem is that these same people who want to shut down coal mining also want CHEAPER energy, in america we complain about what we pay now. imagine increasing it 8 times. less than 10 % of americans would be able to afford electricity. certainly none of these people would.
discronificator 2 years ago
One the best trailers I've ever seen.
Was just on a tour near Pittsburgh, PA of longhall mining area. Just as damaging to people's way of life & the land.
There is no "clean" coal.
niijiifilms 2 years ago
do u need a tissue
surfaceminer 2 years ago
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OK guys , im from WV, the heart of coal country ( mcdowel county ) and none of this shit happens here in MCdowel we once had the worlds biggest tipple and we are still fine we truthfully hate these people who tell this shit that is a bunch of shit and coal is the main thing our staes ecnomy is based on , no coal we are forthless , so you green mother fuckers need to set down and shut the HEll up ok .
cowbubbles 2 years ago
I live in a area that thrives on coal, if coal was taken away many people would be jobless, and then what would they do because one their children wouldn't be able to go to college and coal mines pay more than most degrees, coal is useful, you have some idiots who do no know what their talking about, and sundance would be the channel to show a bunch of naive idiots who just want to be seen on tv and look big thats all this is
mattbledsoe11 2 years ago
Zakaslamuk - I'm from WV and my brother is a retired coal miner. These people aren't protesting all coal mining. They're protesting the mountaintop removal process. The regulations on MTR were so weakened by the Bush administration that the coal companies' slurry pond can leach into the main water supply and they can't be punished, which causes the tap water you saw in the first scene. And this part of WV doesn't have Wal-Marts or large stores in which to buy bottled water.
meandmypea 3 years ago
ya the have walmarts because i live there you fucktard .
cowbubbles 2 years ago 2
Good place for moving out of, sounds like. Leave it to the likes of 'cowbubbles,' who'd just as soon live the life of an obedient company man.
It's said we all have our price...so long as there are enough cut-rate 'cowbubbles' out there to keep the MTR machine rolling, the bosses'll have themselves a profitable little 3rd world country to grind up in WV.
terpis 2 years ago
I'm curious to see the feature. Does it touch on alternative forms of sustainable energy?
TribeBangZealot 3 years ago
Well, the movie might touch on alternative forms but the WV Legislature sure isn't looking any further than repealing the ban on nuclear power plants. This was supported by Senator Erik Wells of Kanawha County.
dadawada26 2 years ago
- zakaslamuk
Its us dumb hillbillies that are keeping your lights on. You want the coal then you need to grow a pair and go underground to see what these remarkable men do everyday.
sarahlmarcum 3 years ago
Hasnt this guy heard of bottled water
zakaslamuk 3 years ago
we dont live on trees people we need that coal what ever the cost these dame hill billies
zakaslamuk 3 years ago
zakaslamuk: After a check of your channel I see your just a bigot from Britain. You're a disgrace to your country. The people of coal country are dying so you can switch on a light and you make jokes ! Useless tosser, go ploish your bellend you wanker
MaxiesGal 3 years ago
nous coal miners are dieing were just underground so mybe you should shut the FUCK up YOU PEICE OF SHIT !!!
cowbubbles 2 years ago
i saw this film recently at my work (citizens action coalition of indiana) and was blown away by the strength and resolve of these folks fighting the mining companies. we are fighting the coal burning madness here in indiana. our fight is your fight. solidarity!
djshiva 3 years ago
"This is my tap water" sent chills down my spine. Thank you for making this film. I can't wait to see the whole thing....
donnyfmoss 3 years ago 3
I watched your movie and I was blown away by it. I live in West Virgina and I knew that they were doing it but I had no idea how
harmful it was to the environment. Thanks for making this movie to show how bad strip mining can be.
LostJerich 3 years ago 3
Maria Dunnoe should have a myspace account.
wolfie672 3 years ago 2
Maria's last name is actually *Gunnoe
keeperspring 3 years ago
Maria's last name is actually *Gunnoe
keeperspring 3 years ago
thanks
wolfie672 3 years ago
I am watching this on Sundance right now. Thank god this documentary was made. Thank god for the Internet, we can get past our governments all over the world and tell the truth about what is happening to Planet Earth, our home.
ScorpioSag 3 years ago 2
Burning the Future: Coal in America will be featured on the Sundance channel tonight, Tuesday, May 13, at 9:35 PM.
lepouvoirdefromage 3 years ago 2
as heating costs go thru the roof appalachia is in big trouble. even environmentalists will be glad to have coal heat. poor west virginia, it will be stripped to the bone.
cannibol 3 years ago
Those people clapping should have been raging. The numbers are in OUR FAVOR, PEOPLE.
dnHooligan 3 years ago 3
Meh, if it were only so simple. But it's not. We can't do without coal for a long time for many reasons... but it would be nice to live in la la land and ignore the harsh realities on BOTH sides of the issue.
There does have to be a better way to manage it than we are doing now however. Its not just about energy though, or the ecology. It is a major socio-economic issue for the coal regions of the country. No coal, no livelihood, no food on the table.
Soothsayerman 4 years ago
Wind and Solar provide 50 times as many jobs per megawatt of energy. Safer jobs, with room for advancement. Mountain Top Removal is a way to get energy as cheap as possible, meaning the least amount of jobs. The American people are paying the cost so the companies can make the most profit.
Greinauer 3 years ago 2
Yes there are alternatives they just have not been explored. The power and money don't want it that way.
wolfie672 3 years ago 2
It's about time a movie like this came out. I can't wait to see it.
louisarigali 4 years ago
god bless the people who are making this movie
the land belongs to the people who live on it
it is time to revoke the 'rights' of corporations to run roughshod over the rights of people, plants, and animals
pennilesscripple 4 years ago 5
Thank you for your kind words. Spread the news about the trailer. I will send an email with a website soon, where folks can register for new about the film.
Best,
David.
coalmovie 4 years ago
Oh, she has.
dnHooligan 3 years ago
Incredible - thank you!
sweetwaterjones 4 years ago
Great Job.
PearlFizzberry 4 years ago
WOW!!! This is putting cold chills down my spine! I can;t wait to see the rest of it.
We have to stop poisoning our children.
hollermommy 4 years ago 2
One of the most important issues about the effects of fossil fuels
mikeasmel 4 years ago