Coal Comments - 72 EVs lit up!

People care about their jobs. I come from a several-generation line of coal crackers. We know that Bambi's comment to merely give a financial incentive (read, "fine") to new coal plants to use clean technology is a child's mentality. Whacking the industry with 100% carbon emissions cannot happen and have the industry survive.

He speaks only of co-gen plants and other ways to produce energy using coal. The transition of new tech into the field is a generation - not ten years or immediate. Further, that does not address the mining side.

Coal crackers know all this. Bambi does not. Too much university in that fella - no street smarts.

Coal production in this country covers 27 states. The table below ranks the top ten by production - that's mining, Bambi. That's taking black diamonds out of the earth. That's carbon footprinting, son, in a very big way.

I added the latest RCP polls and classified the EVs. It seems that Bambi's loose mouth has put upwards of 72 EVs at risk for him. That's a whole lotta counting.

Coal Production
	Tons	Percent	Latest RCP Poll		EV Effect
	(billions)	of U.S.	Leading	Spread	Solidify	Hurt O	No Effect
Montana	120	25.4%	McCain	3.8%		11
Illinois	78	16.5%	Bambi	24.7%			21
Wyoming	68	14.4%	McCain	21.0%	3
West Virginia	37	8.0%	McCain	8.5%	5
Kentucky	30	6.3%	McCain	13.5%	8
Pennsylvania	29	6.1%	Bambi	7.6%		21
Ohio	19	4.0%	Bambi	3.2%		20
Colorado	17	3.6%	Bambi	5.5%		9
Texas	13	2.7%	McCain	13.0%	34
Indiana	10	2.1%	McCain	1.4%		11
			Totals		50	72	21

Hey, Bambi - see those hands in my masthead? That's coal dust. My grandfather died from black lung lurking inside him for decades. Lost family to coal-mining accidents. It's a wonderful industry. Hard work. Important work. Go back to your freelance zoning officer stuff.