Monday, November 3, 2008

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.

4 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wzNUZVv0A0

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  2. the link above is to a sean hannity piece on bambi's audio.

    thank you for linking it!

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  3. Thanks for the post. My grandfather also died of black lung disease - he too was a coal miner. Hopefully, this will open up some eyes in the swing states that have miners. I live in NM and I pray this will be enough for the northern part of the state to turn red - our state really suffers each time a mine is closed.

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  4. i am sorry for your loss. i grew up with mining stories, lost lives.

    obama is clueless. so pretty, so neat ...

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