If only it were true. A lot more miners would be alive today.And it doesn’t matter at all. Coal is dying because Natural Gas is cheaper.Could do things the way they now do in England. All robots. coal mines barely tall enough for machines and the continuous miner operator sits above, nice and clean while operating controls from a hooked up simulator.But, nope, not gonna happen as long as people are cheaper than bots. If one or 30 die, eh, shite happens, so says the coal mine owner
Ontman over 6 years ago
Wait a few hundred years. Your orange hero is on his way.
sandpiper over 6 years ago
And politics enters the lore
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
Never fear, Trump is here.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 6 years ago
And thus started the outsourcing to third world countries where labor was non unionized and cheap.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 6 years ago
If only it were true. A lot more miners would be alive today.And it doesn’t matter at all. Coal is dying because Natural Gas is cheaper.Could do things the way they now do in England. All robots. coal mines barely tall enough for machines and the continuous miner operator sits above, nice and clean while operating controls from a hooked up simulator.But, nope, not gonna happen as long as people are cheaper than bots. If one or 30 die, eh, shite happens, so says the coal mine owner