Coal official calls Obama comments 'unbelievable'
"I was the first to call for a 100 percent auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter," Obama continued. "That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are being placed, imposed every year."
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."
Calls and e-mails to West Virginia Obama campaign officials seeking comment for this story were not returned as of Sunday evening.
Coal Jobs in the U.S.
174,000 coal jobs directly related to the production of coal.
100,000 + unrelated jobs supported by the coal industry.
Lost wages, lost jobs and lost taxes.
In the state of West Virginia alone $3.5 Billion is added to the gross state product.
How many truckers, train workers, restaurant workers, convienient store employees, grocery store staff, gasoline related employees and more from many other industries will lose their jobs?
Obama is a little boy playing at a man's job.
