As Trump vows to bring back coal, Texan coal plant lays off 70 workers...

[mala]

As Trump vows to bring back coal, Texan coal plant lays off 70 workers because it's making no money

But the price of coal remains so high that the Texas Municipal Power Agency (TMPA) said it will have to lay off around 70 workers from a coal-fired electrical plant at Gibbons Creek, Anderson, during the winter months.

with a glut in world oil, coal prices are simply not economical and continues a decades long trend of the coal industry dying out.

 

[Desk trauma]

As Trump vows to bring back coal, Texan coal plant lays off 70 workers because it's making no money



with a glut in world oil, coal prices are simply not economical and continues a decades long trend of the coal industry dying out.

It's largely natural gas that's eating coals lunch these days.

 

[Eryk]

I think nostalgia governs Trump's thinking about a lot of things (it puts the "again" in MAGA). Smokestacks and segregation.

 

[Douger]

Trump should start burning coal in the whitehouse.

 

[JackRT]

In a few years just one small coal mine will be sufficient to supply the entire world demand for coal --- for the Christmas stockings of naughty children.

 

[Douger]

It's largely natural gas that's eating coals lunch these days.

So kind of like iron did to bronze? Interesting.

 

[Desk trauma]

So kind of like iron did to bronze? Interesting.

That's a good comparison.

Coal just cannot compete with natural gas when it comes to new generation capacity. Why would a company spend more, and face strident opposition, to build a coal burner when a gas burner can provide the same amount of power?

 

[dgiharris]

That's a good comparison.

Coal just cannot compete with natural gas when it comes to new generation capacity. Why would a company spend more, and face strident opposition, to build a coal burner when a gas burner can provide the same amount of power?

Not only that, but renewable energy is the future. Every time I hear some Trumper thump their chest about "bringing coal jobs back" I often ask them what about horse drawn carriages? What about steam powered trains? Why not bring those jobs back as well???

I'm amazed that in this age of technology there are those who don't see the ramifications of taking giant steps backwards.

 

[Eryk]

The Coal Museum is solar powered

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...ggoMAA&usg=AFQjCNElQKsZsVhexZCgTjSKlxIpKVCcTQ

 

[Nithavela]

In a few years just one small coal mine will be sufficient to supply the entire world demand for coal --- for the Christmas stockings of naughty children.

#MANA: Make America Naughty Again

 

[Vylo]

Trump should start burning coal in the whitehouse.

No need for him to put in an exhaust pipe, that just wastes money....

 

[Desk trauma]

No need for him to put in an exhaust pipe, that just wastes money....

Remember, CO2 is harmless. CO is even more harmless.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Coal does not need to brought back we need renewable resources.

 

[Hank77]

As Trump vows to bring back coal, Texan coal plant lays off 70 workers because it's making no money



with a glut in world oil, coal prices are simply not economical and continues a decades long trend of the coal industry dying out.

The coal plant close to where I live is closely.