Disappearing Mountains

a video by http://www.thedirtylie.com/




also uploaded on youtube channel "thedirtyliedotcom"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgG0gu9BYg

this video criticizes coal mining that involves mountaintop removal. but here in germany, we have our own problems with underground coal mining and pollution from coal power plants as well. coal appears to cause problems wherever it is being used, think about the burning coal fields in china.

the only safe and non-polluting thing to do with coal is to leave it in the ground. even oil is better (if it doesnt come from tar sands). fossil fuels are a problem NOT ONLY in the context of climate change, but also because they destroy nature in much more direct ways.

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[ruralpotter]

The debate here is NOT about coal. The argument is about destroying the land and water permanently!!!!!! It is about wealthy interest who make our land uninhabitable for quick money. Underground mining if fraught with dangers (mostly when large $ hungery corporations don't follow safety guidelines) but it does NOT cause the unbelievable devistation that Mountaintop removal strip mining does. This is about human survival.

[franktbird]

@kurtilein3 Unfortunately in the real world your right to free speech just means that everyone else can see how ill informed and gullible you are.

I suppose you like the idea of tidal farms.

The interesting thing is that if we all used tidal power we would irrevocably alter ocean currents and ruin the weather.

[franktbird]

@kurtilein3 You cannot seriously believe that all your power comes from an alternative energy source. There is not enough power produced by 'alternative' energy producers to supply the people who want it. And this is why it will not work. All you are doing is paying more for your power. The power companies must love you.

Also what was your pc made from? No mining products used in it?

[kurtilein3]

@franktbird

also, your comment implies that just because im using electricity, lets say i would live in a country where you cannot decide what kind of energy you buy, that would then take my right away to criticize any CO2-emissions due to energy production anywhere on the internet? because i cannot use the internet without electricity?

if freedom of speech and common sense would actually work that way, it would be great for the energy suppliers, but its not the world we live in.

[kurtilein3]

@franktbird

your assumption is interesting, but wrong to a degree. while different energy suppliers send their energy over the same grid, it does get sort of mixed up, but i buy my electricity from a supplier that only sells alternative energy sources and nuclear, no fossil fuels. so you statement is wrong to a degree. in some countries, that option of changing your supplier doesnt even exist, and many people also dont do it based on ignorance, because they dont know they can.

[franktbird]

@kurtilein3 It's interesting that you are typing your replies on a computer that uses electricity and was made using mineral products that had to be dug out of the ground the refined. I'm not sure of the extent to which you use products that are mined.

[zakaslam1]

this film is so old ! stop stiring up global warming bullshit !

[kurtilein3]

so your job involves destroying nature for future generations?

thats terrible. you should kill yourself or get a different job. people like you are the people that people like me need to stop. you want to destroy the planet that im living on and that i would like to protect. and you are too uneducated (or brainwashed by your company?) to even understand the problem.

[WV24985]

Let's just say coal mining is here to stay, no matter how much some complain about it, and it's not just the US. The company I work for was just bought out by a very wealthy man from Russia, to help supply coal for his steel mills.

[kurtilein3]

some of the things you say, and apparently seem to believe in, are just disgusting.

you are in denial of lots of facts and proud of it. you dont understand exponential growth, this means that you are unaware of calculus. you dont know about the facts behind climate change. you compare a dangerous but in the context potentially livesaving surgery to avoidable largescale destruction of areas of wild nature and poisoning of streams.

please grow up, get educated.