[Coach_Owens87]

Just like laws have reduced the amount of pollution that coal companies emit. Everything causes problems to the environment (except for Al Gore's house and his carbon offsets.)


I do believe that he has showed you the evidence that MTR is good. Have you just forgotten about all the financial proof that he has given? Then again, you want it to stop. So if we quit tomorrow, the region dies. And I mean, dies.

The question I asked oldschool was about the environmental issues involved with MTR, not money, I never attempted to say Mining didn't make money, the money just doesn't help this region. It doesn't take genius to know this area is stricken with poverty, our school systems suck, and there are little no to job options outside of mining. This area is monopolized by mining, kids that get an education have little to do here, so they move off. We don't have skilled workers here, thats why no big companies we locate here.

You say if mining is stopped the region dies, I didn't say stop mining, just that MTR should be stopped, only 20% of our the national coal production comes from MTR. You say the region will die, well beef in case you haven't noticed, it's already on life support.