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Somebody has to buy the coal

Posted on: April 24, 2017 at 11:08:55 CT

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and a lot of plants have shifted over the last 5 years to natural gas due to fracking and increasing production of cheap and clean natural gas at least in the US

approx 40% of coal goes to power production

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One of area's biggest coal mines announces big layoffs - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:02:44

RE: One of area's biggest coal mines announces big layoffs - sarasotatiger MU - 4/24 11:34:45

so you're happy, right? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/24 11:18:14

I don't either way to be honest - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:27:24

"I'm sure" (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/24 11:32:16

Somebody has to buy the coal - mu7176grad MU - 4/24 11:08:55

Yea, those people who still have coal furnaces - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 11:16:45

House I lived in at Mizzou my junior year - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:26:00

No doubt about it. Coal is becoming obsolete - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:11:24

not becoming obsolete - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:15:13

It'll become more economic once the subsidies expire - mizzouSECedes STL - 4/24 11:25:23

Wrong. - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:21:06

Stick to peeing on cabinets - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:27:23

Yeah. Ok. - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:29:28

he didn't say any of that, can you stay rational for 3 posts - 90Tiger MU - 4/24 11:33:03

I didn't say 'coal isn't doing bad' - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:30:52

Our local miners always stand behind Murray - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:32:53

I've been on his plane - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:35:35

eating organic =/= demand for clean energy. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/24 11:23:40

Eating "organic" is one of the biggest con-jobs going today. - Alferd Packer MU

- 4/24 11:28:24

Agreed. No evidence suggests GMO is bad - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:30:12

Ethanol - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 11:19:37

Ethanol is a money loser. - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:27:54

would it be a money loser - SwampTiger MU - 4/24 11:30:12

if you remove all the taxes and mandates - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:33:14

I'd like to see ethanol outlawed.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 11:20:16

more big govt regulation GAT - SwampTiger MU - 4/24 11:25:40

Basically what I meant, although it is being - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 11:28:49

Problem with ethanol is efficiency & inability to transport - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:24:25

wrong on all counts - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:28:39

So brainwashed and clueless. - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:31:23

yes, you are - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:34:15

you pee on cabinets and like moochelle dong - MizSecZou MU - 4/24 11:32:56

Lol. Better than that Hernandez penis - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:33:57

Since you have had both you can tell I suppose(nm) - MizSecZou MU - 4/24 11:35:09

The luddites love to subsidize pollution - JG A - 4/24 11:14:00

The actual facts make this impossible. - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 11:06:56

Just wait until we start mining that clean coal (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 4/24 11:09:00

Coal has been made a lot cleaner to burn - mu7176grad MU - 4/24 11:10:35

It has. But natural gas is still much cleaner - Hbombtiger STL - 4/24 11:12:31

and cheaper - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 11:16:03

only now - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/24 11:36:29