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            <title>Comment #1 by PompeyRoad</title>
			<link>http://www.grist.org/article/2009-03-26-coal-mining-industry-fights/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:12:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				I don't feel stopping MTR will have a long term effect on the 15% projected job loss. If and when the coal corporations are not allowed to do MTR the 15% loss in strip mining will be picked up and surpassed by underground mining. The demand of coal determines the cost of coal per ton not the mining menthod. When MTR is stopped total tonage will not be reduced by stopping MTR. The large deposits of coal are underground and the coal corporations now have both MTR and underground mining going on at the same time. It is also more labor intensive to mine underground. Just because we have a short memory and won't admit that all mining was underground mining until about the late 50's or early 60's don't mean that we can't produce coal without destroying the mountains. We mined for 100 years down here in the coal fields without destryoing the mountains. We will go back to all underground if MTR is stopped and employ more and put more real money back into the community.
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				I don't feel stopping MTR will have a long term effect on the 15% projected job loss. If and when the coal corporations are not allowed to do MTR the 15% loss in strip mining will be picked up and surpassed by underground mining. The demand of coal determines the cost of coal per ton not the mining menthod. When MTR is stopped total tonage will not be reduced by stopping MTR. The large deposits of coal are underground and the coal corporations now have both MTR and underground mining going on at the same time. It is also more labor intensive to mine underground. Just because we have a short memory and won't admit that all mining was underground mining until about the late 50's or early 60's don't mean that we can't produce coal without destroying the mountains. We mined for 100 years down here in the coal fields without destryoing the mountains. We will go back to all underground if MTR is stopped and employ more and put more real money back into the community.
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