I'm writing this blog because frankly I'm pissed off at people who definitely don't deserve a harsh comment on Facebook. 1) because if they've already made their mind up, they aren't going to care. And 2) because writing a blog lets me write a lot more than a comment on Facebook.
Politics, I hate them. I know who I'm voting for, but it's for me to know and not flaunt on Facebook, or any other social media site, for people to either agree or gawk at.
The subject that has really angered me a lot though, through people on my Facebook is the 'Coal' issue.
Let me begin by saying, several of my uncles, my papaw, and my dad have all worked in the coal industry. I am also from a small town where coal mining is one of the few jobs we have.
Now here's where this problem get interesting. A lot of people who are uneducated about coal mining claim that it ruins the land and that they are poisoning the water. If you look closer, you'll learn that even before they set up 'shop', they have studied the land, the water, the soil, the wildlife....way before they get a permit. And as for the water pollution problem, they have found ways to improve this through technology. Look it up for yourself, this isn't the real issue.
The issue at hand, that most people like to shove under the rug, coal mining whether you agree or disagree with it, this is a JOB!! People work long, hard hours either working underground, supervising, or working in an office to provide for their families. (Like most working Americans) It seriously makes me angry to see people write Facebook posts about how they don't give a crap about several thousand people losing their JOBS, because coal miners "work in a place where they're polluting our waters and hurting the land." Must I point out that we have several factories shooting out polluting gases and people who work for logging companies cutting down trees. (OH, But we need paper and we need these products that these factories are producing) Well guess what we need coal and those people that lost their jobs, they need their jobs. Please tell me what other job a man who has worked in the coals mines for 20 plus years is supposed to apply for in a small community where the job market is slim, and this is what he has grown up with all his life? And if you say, oh well he should go get an education, then please tell me where the money is going to come from? He doesn't have a job anymore, so he can't pay for college, because someone decided that his JOB wasn't that important anymore.
A job is a job, no matter what you do. You're creating an income for you and your family. And as for being 'selfish' as some may call it. Well in theory, you're being selfish. You're pointing a finger in someones face, telling them how horrible their job is, and how you don't think they should have it, because to you it's hurting our 'precious' environment. You're not even considering this a job. How selfish is that, not thinking of others, but your 'politically correct' friends.
Well guess what, coal mining has been around a lot longer than you, and without it, you wouldn't be able to turn on a light and you definitely wouldn't be able to power up your laptop so you can write a disgusting comment on how you don't care about people losing their jobs.
Here's an idea, for all of those opposed of coal mining. Go out and buy yourself a couple of solar panels and we'll keep the coal to ourselves. That would be selfish, but hey if you don't like coal, then don't use it.
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