Business: A Fight for a Mountaintop - nytimes.com/video

As mountaintop removal mining has become increasingly controversial across Appalachia, the debate over the fate of Coal River Mountain has become something of a symbolic line in the sand.

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[agun17]

I hope someone took a dump up stream.

[coolguy39999]

Its funny how they think a video on the new york times is going to make this man change his mind, money corupts and greed consumes.

[robertmike57]

Got to hand it to Don Blankenship, he loves to slaughter coal miners, destroy the country and make no apologies for it as he makes $10 million a year.

[bigapple2625]

Ok...for arguments sake, lets agree to do what the tree huggers want (or what they think that they want). Stop coal mining now. Lets rely on the wind mills to take up the slack. Yes, what a joke. Does anyone really believe that 55% of the nations electric (95% in KY & WV) will be replaced by a windfarm that is producing less than 1% of the electricity? No, at least not anyone with an ounce of common sense. We need renewable electricity but only after its perfected, dependable, and affordable.

[Viracocha711]

@kaysandesses Exactly! I am all for Nuclear Power and alternatives. I fully understand we do not have the ability switch to al ALT...However, we keep saying that over & over as an excuse to not do anything! We need to introduce an energy tax & go ahead & start paying more now so that our investments pay off later. However, we are even trying to move to ALT energy. We just keep acting like we are!

[kaysandesses]

@Viracocha711 I don't think you're too far off. We should continue to develop alternative energy, but at present there is no alternative energy system that can provide our needs. I'm pretty progressive and left-leaning but I've been advocating nuclear power for many years. If done correctly (which it can be) it will provide all the power we'll need for decades upon decades, and is less polluting than coal.

[Viracocha711]

@kaysandesses I KNOW! That bastard will get away with a few fines and that will be it! We are so fucking blind to what we are doing in order to feed our addiction to burning fossil fuels. America is going down fast & it seems only a 1/4 of the population can see it happening...It is like we are in a truck that is driving toward a cliff & the driver is drunk & won't listen to the screams to stop! Seriously, that is how I see it!

[kaysandesses]

@Viracocha711 Remember when 29 coal miners were killed in a methane explosion a few months ago? It was a Massey Energy mine.

[Viracocha711]

@kaysandesses He is such a disgusting pig!

[kaysandesses]

Massey Energy... imagine that.