Keystone Pipeline bad for West Virginia's coal and natural gas

How Many... (0.00 / 0)

How many jobs would be lost here?

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by: camwv @ Wed Dec 14, 2011 at 16:30:59 PM UTC

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Good question. Using the same Republican math and calculations on how many would be created, it's safe to say 35,000 jobs would be lost in West Virginia.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Wed Dec 14, 2011 at 18:50:56 PM UTC

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But, since that math.... (0.00 / 0)

Since that math makes the foundation for "false claims", how many jobs would "actually" be lost here?

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by: camwv @ Wed Dec 14, 2011 at 19:05:27 PM UTC

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Stands to reason that if energy is being supplied through Keystone XL, there won't be as much demand for WV to supply energy.  

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Thu Dec 15, 2011 at 02:28:16 AM UTC

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Rumor has it... (4.00 / 1)

Rumor has it they want to send OIL from Canada to the United States with the Keystone deal, not coal or natural gas. The US hunger for oil doesn't really impact the hunger for coal in a substantial way.

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by: camwv @ Thu Dec 15, 2011 at 13:59:03 PM UTC

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Don't be misled by Coal Industry ads (4.00 / 1)

to the contrary, stopping MTR has actually led to more miners being trained and hired to dig the coal underground.  Most of the coal mined in WV is sent out of the country to China to make steel. Only 17% is used domestically from what I've read. All those misleading ads about retiring old power plants and reliability issues that could result are simply not true.  As WV becomes more energy efficient, (we're not very efficient right now), the reliability issues go away.

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by: JBdem4usa @ Thu Dec 15, 2011 at 18:43:13 PM UTC