You may not be fond of coal if it's in your Christmas stocking, but some see it as a useful and beneficial source of energy. Recently more energy companies have opted to build coal-burning plants, and experts are debating whether this is a viable solution to our energy needs. They say America runs on coal, but are we running in the right direction?
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Our Future Does Not Depend on the Coalfield
This is why I wish McCain would have won.
Coal power is good for the economy in a number of ways, no, we are not dependent on it, we won't all drop dead if we don't have it, but coal powerplants would be a major imployer in the midwest where unemployment is highest in the nation... Also, as John McCain said, energy, and American energy, of any sort is a plus. America has a large percentage of it's energy imported. We need to become energy indepent, for the sake of our nation! Yes, I believe in wind, solar, and hydroelectric energy, but I also believe in coal, natural gas, AMERICAN oil, and nuclear power.
- Brady
November 10, 2008 10:32PM
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