Why does Trump think the coal industry will make a comeback?

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while countries like Germany and the Netherlands are thriving in technology driven energy fields like wind, solar, hydro and nuclear

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Germany banned nuclear energy. or at least very recently decided to being a phase out of it

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behind the curve while countries like Germany and the Netherlands are thriving

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are they using rapefugee power?

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wind, solar,

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Lol

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hydro

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China is leading almost everyone


And unless we spend trillions on infrastructure we will fall further behind in this category.

Totes agree, we should just, like, use solar energy to run the economy and keep groceries in stock and gas ready to be pumped- or I supposed solar panels ready to be renewed

Coal is great in theory. Jobs. Energy. Sounds fantastic.

So which beautiful city would like to volunteer to boost the coal industry with plants? There's no such thing as "clean coal." Coal comes with a price and that price is shitty air in your city. I'm all for coal - just not in my city.

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Have you ever left Louisiana?

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I try to not go there. But when I have I try to leave quickly.

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Because China plants are the same as the US....and a single plant produces less CO2 than a volcanic eruption does in 10 seconds.

If you're curious....look how many eruptions happen DAILY!

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Those eruptions happen every day, nonstop, in the same city?

I'm not anti-coal. I'm as pro-industry and manufacturing as it gets. I'm just being honest about "clean coal."

So we just shouldn't care at all because there's nothing we can do about it?

Shouldn't we instead focus our efforts on R&D? Try and stay competitive with China?

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So which beautiful city would like to volunteer to boost the coal industry with plants? There's no such thing as "clean coal." Coal comes with a price and that price is shitty air in your city. I'm all for coal - just not in my city.

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So you don't agree with exporting coal mined in the USA even?

I suppose you're not wanting to build more prisons either since you're NIMBY. Nor nuclear power plants, again, NIMBY. Landfills? Toxic Waste plants? More NIMBY. Yet all the so-called green energy stuff makes a whole lotta toxic waste to produce the hardware for panels, batteries, etc.. Rare earth materials for green energy make the net a negative for the environment. But hey, you're NIMBY anyway.

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So you don't agree with exporting coal mined in the USA even?

I suppose you're not wanting to build more prisons either since you're NIMBY. Nor nuclear power plants, again, NIMBY. Landfills? Toxic Waste plants? More NIMBY. Yet all the so-called green energy stuff makes a whole lotta toxic waste to produce the hardware for panels, batteries, etc.. Rare earth materials for green energy make the net a negative for the environment. But hey, you're NIMBY anyway.

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The discussion is about coal. So whatever you're saying that has nothing to do with coal, has nothing to do with the discussion.