Appalachia

There just isn't that much coal left. In 2012, the World Coal Association said that there was enough coal left in the world to last 109 years, at the current level of extraction. If usage increases (especially in the third world), you could cut that to half that number, to a third, to a quarter. What are the miners going to do in 27 years, when there is no coal left, period?

You really hit a hot button for me with this one. I've responded to two push-polls in the last three days, pushing the "Obama hates coal" meme, to try to get a couple of local Tea Party types elected here in West Virginia. I got the second pollster giggling at my answers.