Coal Mining and Mountaintop Removal

2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader discusses the coal mining industry. This is in response to a question asked by a student at the University of West Virginia, September 24, 2008. Video by Karen Kilroy - http://karenkilroy.com

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[carlosmnyc]

100 years from now, people will be shaking their sad heads that the American people voted for Bush, Gore, Kerry, McCain, & Obama over Mr. Nader.

[jejatt]

Nader speaks the truth, he deserves to be in the debates!

[BrownMasterFlash]

As for paying for this: first, shift subsidies now given to oil, gas , and coal to renewables, second, increase leasing royalties for resource extraction on federal lands.

[BrownMasterFlash]

Sure, attempt to discredit me by calling me a liberal. Typical move for a person without a valid argument.

As to whether i know what i am talking about:

Research has been done:

Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia by Eric Reece.

And please before you judge a book by its title, read it, there are many valid points.

[levisnteeshirt]

@BrownMasterFlash what amazes me the most about the typical liberal ,, is that haven't a clue how to pay for the big ideas that flows out of the clouds upon their skinny little brains,,,,, In fact , they want to destroy the industries that are paying the way for the nation that are supplying the tax base that does provide funding for their projects ,,, Search Cloward and Piven ,, the liberal bible authors and the ground work for shutting america down

[levisnteeshirt]

@BrownMasterFlash i'm afraid you have no idea what your talking about ,, typical liberal ,, timber grows back 5-10 times quicker on land that has surfaced mined ,,,, yeah ,, Al Gore said after he got his ass handed to him after the election ,, that coal states should get the green jobs ,,, I haven't saw , WINDMILLS-R-US opening in West Virginia lately

[BrownMasterFlash]

Levisnteeshirt, your arguments are centered around the indirect jobs created by coal. Wind and solar will also create indirect jobs in the same way coal does. Yet what wind and solar do not have do is line the pockets of out of state corporations that rape the land of its resource, leaving behind a sterile landscape that will not reforest for generations

[BrownMasterFlash]

What do the people do in the meantime? These out of state corporations set up proxy subsidiaries that go bankrupt after the mining is complete thus washing the parent companies hands of any responsibility to environmental damages, and there are many, too many too list here.

[BrownMasterFlash]

These corporations do not reinvest in the communities they have taken advantage of and when they leave they take all the value the land had with them. Wind and solar, if subsidized at the local and individual business and housing units level, allows you to separate yourself from reliance on environmentally harmful industries and become more self sufficient.

[BrownMasterFlash]

You get to keep money in your pocket and not continuously, month after month give it to others for what you could provide for yourself. This may not benefit the almighty economy, but it does benefit you and me by allowing us to keep more of our money. Sounds kind of like the Republican argument for tax breaks doesnt it?.