Comments on: MTR – It’s Simply Not Worth It http://endmtr.com/2008/05/05/mtr-its-simply-not-worth-it/ Working to 'Write' a Wrong Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Folk Face http://endmtr.com/2008/05/05/mtr-its-simply-not-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Folk Face Wed, 07 May 2008 16:10:35 +0000 http://endmtr.com/?p=153#comment-235 seems to me that the solution is to use less energy. there are lots of reasons that this idea is not on the table, many of these reasons involving the production of cheap food, weapons to further armed geopolitical and resource conflicts, drug wars, coca cola and computers. simply suggesting that the point <b>where we are NOW</b> is beyond the tipping point will make you an enemy of the state. what's good for GM is good for America, what is good for Massey is good for WVa, etc. If you can do that to a mountain you are capable of all types of inhumanity. Even if you sit in the same church pew or you are kin through your grandmaws side, there are fundamentally different sorts of people at conflict. seems to me that the solution is to use less energy.
there are lots of reasons that this idea is not on the table, many of these reasons involving the production of cheap food, weapons to further armed geopolitical and resource conflicts, drug wars, coca cola and computers.

simply suggesting that the point where we are NOW is beyond the tipping point will make you an enemy of the state. what’s good for GM is good for America, what is good for Massey is good for WVa, etc.

If you can do that to a mountain you are capable of all types of inhumanity. Even if you sit in the same church pew or you are kin through your grandmaws side, there are fundamentally different sorts of people at conflict.

]]> By: Matthew Burns http://endmtr.com/2008/05/05/mtr-its-simply-not-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Matthew Burns Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:16 +0000 http://endmtr.com/?p=153#comment-234 Very well said Denny. It is ever-increasingly clear that, as you pointed out in a previous post, that coal is on the way out and the companies are just trying to maximize profits in the short term. None of us fighting MTR is it in for the money or glory, because to be honest, we are on the wrong side of the issue for those types of accolades. We do it solely because of our love for the mountains, people and culture of Appalachia. For many of us, this is our home, these are our families and from this place we draw our bloodlines. These mountains are so intertwined with our identities, we could no more be separated from them than a fish could be separated from water! Very well said Denny. It is ever-increasingly clear that, as you pointed out in a previous post, that coal is on the way out and the companies are just trying to maximize profits in the short term.

None of us fighting MTR is it in for the money or glory, because to be honest, we are on the wrong side of the issue for those types of accolades. We do it solely because of our love for the mountains, people and culture of Appalachia. For many of us, this is our home, these are our families and from this place we draw our bloodlines. These mountains are so intertwined with our identities, we could no more be separated from them than a fish could be separated from water!

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://endmtr.com/2008/05/05/mtr-its-simply-not-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-233 bluemountainmama Tue, 06 May 2008 13:46:38 +0000 http://endmtr.com/?p=153#comment-233 very well said, denny. and yeah, i would definitely debate the term 'economic prosperity'. while the coal industry does provide jobs, the coalfields of WV and Eastern KY are the two of the most poverty stricken regions in the country. not to mention all the health issues there, also. coal is dirty in every form, extraction, cleaning, and burning. clean coal is a myth, and even the industry says that the technology for carbon sequestration is decades down the road. we need clean, renewable energy and we need it NOW!! those will be long term jobs for the region and higher paying. very well said, denny. and yeah, i would definitely debate the term ‘economic prosperity’. while the coal industry does provide jobs, the coalfields of WV and Eastern KY are the two of the most poverty stricken regions in the country. not to mention all the health issues there, also. coal is dirty in every form, extraction, cleaning, and burning. clean coal is a myth, and even the industry says that the technology for carbon sequestration is decades down the road.

we need clean, renewable energy and we need it NOW!! those will be long term jobs for the region and higher paying.

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