All thosee coal jobs promised?

Its interesting to read about the death of whale oil and compare it to the death of coal.
 
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It is sad when a dying industry is what has kept your society together for generations. Lots of people lived in coal towns. When the automation removed jobs, it was scary. Then alternative energy will end them. There is nothing there to replace those jobs. Hillary said she would emphasize training for new energy source jobs. Trump ran by stoking the fear and making wild promises he had no intention or ability to keep.. it worked. They heard the words they wanted to hear and believed. But they were lies. Trumps lies.
 
Nordberg said:
It is sad when a dying industry is what has kept your society together for generations. Lots of people lived in coal towns. When the automation removed jobs, it was scary. Then alternative energy will end them. There is nothing there to replace those jobs. Hillary said she would emphasize training for new energy source jobs. Trump ran by stoking the fear and making wild promises he had no intention or ability to keep.. it worked. They heard the words they wanted to hear and believed. But they were lies. Trumps lies.
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Trump was shooting from the hip... in the moment.. making promises that would appeal to his audience.

Its a crummy tactic.
 
Nordberg said:
It is sad when a dying industry is what has kept your society together for generations. Lots of people lived in coal towns. When the automation removed jobs, it was scary. Then alternative energy will end them. There is nothing there to replace those jobs. Hillary said she would emphasize training for new energy source jobs. Trump ran by stoking the fear and making wild promises he had no intention or ability to keep.. it worked. They heard the words they wanted to hear and believed. But they were lies. Trumps lies.
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So nothing there to replace these jobs but federal government training would make new energy source firms want to move there? What would that cost and how much time would that take?
 
hvilleherb said:
So you think coal miners are dumb? Those dumb coal miners voted Democrat for decades. It'll take them 8 years to figure out they're not getting their coal mining jobs back.
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coal mine owners are teaching laid off miners to code and building solar arrays so there are some jobs.
 
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