May I suggest that literally sharing a part of your local history can, in fact, be taken too far? Snipped from The New York Times:
"Coal is part of us," said William Liptok, director of the county's public works department.
Not only does nearly every family in town have roots in mining, Mr. Liptok said, but virtually everyone breathes in coal dust, since it wafts into the air in the winter when trucks remove the boilers' ashes. [emphasis is mine]
How's that, cough, cough, old saying go? The one about the town that hacks together stays together?
Ask Umbra on ditching dirty things
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Russ Posted 5:54 pm
10 Jun 2008
What about their "free" market, the "genius" of the market?
Even if the price is not better, Mr. Rhoades[Republican state senator] said, an anthracite company should get the county contract if it is close to competitive, to ensure that the jobs, taxes and heritage stay in the county. He declined, however, to set a number on how "close" the anthracite bid should be.
Wow, that's enlightened coming from a free marketeer. How come they're not so broad-minded about values where it comes to MTR?
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Pompey Road Posted 12:39 am
11 Jun 2008
As more and more miners are forced underground by the new demand for coal, black lung will be a problem in the coal industry again. Most coal now is mined by stripping including MTR.
I don't know if any of this is relevant but my father had black lung before he was killed in a cave in. They get off cheap when you get killed by some other means before you file for your black lung. My mother did not get to draw anything even though he had third stage black lung. 37 years in the mines on face equipment, he had to have it.
For the men who work underground black lung is nothing to make light of. It is just another dark side of the coal industry and along with Mountain Top Removal and Co2 emmissions.
Clean coal, there is no such thing!
The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.
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