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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:00 AM

In coal blood

The tragedy unfolding in Utah says mountains about America's abuse of coal miners, the land they work -- and our government's craven energy policy.
By Jeff Biggers

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  • Wednesday, August 15, 2007 05:59 AM

    They tried drilling offshore Western Florida

    And the hotel and tourist industry rose up. Even though you'd have to be be above the 30th floor to see that far over the horizon. They tried wind farms and environmentalists rose up against windmills hurting swans. They tried nuclear. Next up, solar. I'm sure they'll find some rare turtle underneath the area they need to use, or the skin cancer institute will find that sun = cancer. And so on.

    The problem is not fossil versus renewable energy. It's that Americans demand a zero risk zero impact highly profitable low cost alternative to oil. Keep waiting on that let me know how that turns out.

    —Anonymous

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