Coal is Losing War to Gas not Obama!

I am not surprised to see the attacks on Obama and the so-called war on coal but it is not Obama that will put coal on the back burner of energy. It is natural gas. No coincedence that coal has been waning as gas has become cheap, clean and abundant. This will continue into the far future so the smart thing for the coal industry is to invest in the gas reserves in this area. Put down the shovels and start drilling. Save lives, save the environment and save America from middle east oil.

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Permalink Reply by Frank W. McCafferty on November 7, 2012 at 6:02am

Try powering your car with coal...HaHaHa.

Permalink Reply by Josh Willis on November 8, 2012 at 8:19am

Hitler almost took over the world running on coal, we have had the means of turning coal into liquid fuel for 80 years.

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on November 9, 2012 at 3:07am

HaHaHa the car for Pa. ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUgVCR_658M

An update on this vehicle. The world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, entered the history books, on October 6, 2011, selling for an impressive $4.62 million before a packed house at RM Auctions’ Hershey, Pennsylvania sale.

Permalink Reply by Ragnars Repo on November 7, 2012 at 4:38am
Spoken like a true idiot. Don't let the two compete against one another to provide a competitive price, allow the government to pick winners and losers. The bright side a fool and his money are soon parted. And you sir are a fool.
Permalink Reply by Frank W. McCafferty on November 7, 2012 at 6:03am

Personal attacks? Someone please tell him the rules here.

Permalink Reply by Schnoozie on November 7, 2012 at 8:57am

There's nothing personal about what I said. What will you do to help those people?? After they lose their jobs, give us some ideas?

Permalink Reply by Nelson E. Yost on November 8, 2012 at 3:16am

Let the free marked decide what do use and when..not regulations.

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on November 9, 2012 at 2:34am

  Make you rich?  Obama has you targeted locked on and is ready to fire a TAX BILL upon you that you will cry about!  This class warfare Obama has produced is a 50/50 war. To those that supported Obama the rich are anyone that has more than they do. 

  I recall the the Windfall profits Tax the democrats in the Carter term passed. It was a well head excise tax that had nothing to do with the final product price.  It taxed some landowners at 60% .

  Lets do some math oil at  say $100/bbl  income tax at (OBAMAS WISH TO BE 39%) plus a new Windfall profits tax of 60%  lets you make a $1/bbl before state taxes! 

  An old saying be careful of what you wish for ! 

Permalink Reply by Frank W. McCafferty on November 7, 2012 at 8:12am

Coal cannot compete at this point. Put down the shovels and learn to weld pipe or work on a drilling rig. Game over. The rules are the same for both. Coal is dirty and has had its' day. there is a new gas power plant to be built in Lawrence county. Clean gas!T

Permalink Reply by Finnbear on November 7, 2012 at 3:58pm

Where I live, we have the cheapest electricity in a 4 county area which comes from a municipal power plant in the nearest town. A good friend is on the board for the municipal utilities. They use coal and have already determined that they can not afford to convert the plant to natural gas because the investment would require them to sell us power at a rate higher than they can purchase it for us. There ARE places where coal is appropriate just as there are places where nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and natural gas are appropriate. Putting our eggs completely in the natural gas basket would be foolish and narrow minded.

Permalink Reply by Frank W. McCafferty on November 7, 2012 at 8:13am
Permalink Reply by Finnbear on November 7, 2012 at 3:48pm

@ Jesse Drang

Are you serious? A natural gas monopoly? Do you not understand that competition causes the competitors to more efficiently produce their product and continuously streamline and improve the process or go out of business? This results in a better value for the consumer. A monopoly by one industry would stifle improvements and discourage them from striving to "stay ahead of the competition". Natural gas and coal and hydroelectric and wind and solar and nuclear and bio-fuels and ??? should ALL compete with each other to produce the cheapest, safest, cleanest power for the people of these United States. Each has their place, and each should be utilized.

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