Pretty good speech. It sounds to me like they might not go ahead with the Keystone pipeline, which is great. But he kept referencing natural gas... Fracking... I have serious concerns about this practice. But moving in a greener direction is the way to go, in my opinion. We can't afford not to.
(June 25, 2013 at 9:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Man... I burned some bridges on FB with people who were upset about family members being laid off from their coal jobs for questioning why we should keep investing in an industry that will be dead in 60 years. There will be no more coal by 2075, or at least none that is readily reached. Why invest in a dying, dirty, dangerous industry? I get that it's people's livelihoods, but shouldn't they be trained for other jobs elsewhere?Quote:Several House Republicans took to the floor Tuesday afternoon to criticize President Obama's speech on the environment at Georgetown University for launching what they said is the next step in the "war on coal."
