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Under Trump, coal’s rate of collapse to be ‘more than twice’ what analysts previously projected
May 9, 2018 18:16:57   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/cd8534bd-cfa4-3e84-bc46-26e2fc1da42e/ss_under-trump%2C-coal’s-rate-of.html

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May 9, 2018 19:05:16   #
Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas
 
Bad Bob wrote:
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/cd8534bd-cfa4-3e84-bc46-26e2fc1da42e/ss_under-trump%2C-coal’s-rate-of.html


Hey Blob,

We've got more important matters to attend to.

You might want to dig deeper into your safe space.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/6249305/israel-air-raid-sirens-syria-golan-heights-strike-damascus/

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May 9, 2018 19:23:04   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
Wolf counselor wrote:
Hey Blob,

We've got more important matters to attend to.

You might want to dig deeper into your safe space.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/6249305/israel-air-raid-sirens-syria-golan-heights-strike-damascus/


Why would I want to dig deeper, I don't live in Texass?

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May 9, 2018 19:32:11   #
karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!
 
'Over the next decade, 73 gigawatts of coal will retire — representing one quarter of current U.S. coal capacity'

What Percentage Will Be Retired In Asia And Africa
Both Will Become Larger American Coal Markets

Liberalism Is The Plaything Of Wealth And Leisure
You Do Know That, Right ??

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May 9, 2018 19:38:04   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
karpenter wrote:
'Over the next decade, 73 gigawatts of coal will retire — representing one quarter of current U.S. coal capacity'

What Percentage Will Be Retired In Asia And Africa
Both Will Become Larger American Coal Markets

Liberalism Is The Plaything Of Wealth And Leisure
You Do Know That, Right ??


DDT was also "retired".

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May 9, 2018 19:58:32   #
Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
 
Bad Bob wrote:
DDT was also "retired".
The Daily Beast: How Rachel Carson Cost Millions of People Their Lives

After DDT was banned, malaria reemerged across the globe:

• In India, between 1952 and 1962, DDT caused a decrease in annual malaria cases from 100 million to 60,000. By the late 1970s, no longer able to use DDT, the number of cases increased to 6 million.• In Sri Lanka, before the use of DDT, 2.8 million people suffered from malaria. When the spraying stopped, only 17 people suffered from the disease. Then, no longer able to use DDT, Sri Lanka suffered a massive malaria epidemic: 1.5 million people were infected by the parasite.• In South Africa, after DDT became unavailable, the number of malaria cases increased from 8,500 to 42,000 and malaria deaths from 22 to 320.

Since the mid 1970s, when DDT was eliminated from global eradication efforts, tens of millions of people have died from malaria unnecessarily: most have been children less than five years old. While it was reasonable to have banned DDT for agricultural use, it was unreasonable to have eliminated it from public health use.

Environmentalists have argued that when it came to DDT, it was pick your poison. If DDT was banned, more people would die from malaria. But if DDT wasn’t banned, people would suffer and die from a variety of other diseases, not the least of which was cancer. However, studies in Europe, Canada, and the United States have since shown that DDT didn’t cause the human diseases Carson had claimed. Indeed, the only type of cancer that had increased in the United States during the DDT era was lung cancer, which was caused by cigarette smoking. DDT was arguably one of the safer insect repellents ever invented—far safer than many of the pesticides that have taken its place.

Carson’s supporters argued that, had she lived longer, she would never have promoted a ban on DDT for the control of malaria. Indeed, in Silent Spring, Carson wrote, “It is not my contention that chemical pesticides never be used.” But it was her contention that DDT caused leukemia, liver disease, birth defects, premature births, and a whole range of chronic illnesses. An influential author can’t, on the one hand, claim that DDT causes leukemia (which, in 1962, was a death sentence) and then, on the other hand, expect that anything less than that a total ban of the chemical would result.

In 2006, the World Health Organization reinstated DDT as part of its effort to eradicate malaria. But not before millions of people had died needlessly from the disease.

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May 9, 2018 22:40:27   #
karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!
 
Bad Bob wrote:
DDT was also "retired".


How Many Coal-Fired Plants Will Be Retired In Asia And Africa ??
These Will Be Major American Export Markets For Coal
Can They Afford Not To Use The Cheapest, Most Abundant Fuel There Is ??

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