Burning The Future: Coal in America - Trailer

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.

You like destroying the environment?

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.

that looks like a hell of a film. cant wait to see it. good job.

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.

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.

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.

do u need a tissue