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Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month

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    Sappho
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    Huh, is capitalism actually slowly working towards solving a problem? My worry is just someone always loses money when you're doing the right thing, so there's not much encouragement for it.

    Huh, is capitalism actually slowly working towards solving a problem? My worry is just someone always loses money when you're doing the right thing, so there's not much encouragement for it.

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      Kuromantis
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      Yes, but the article mentions that coal exports have gone up to nations where coal consumption have gone up like Indonesia and India and many other plants that are 'cleaner' or more modern or just...

      Yes, but the article mentions that coal exports have gone up to nations where coal consumption have gone up like Indonesia and India and many other plants that are 'cleaner' or more modern or just happen to be near the coal in question are still running and are going to stay. Also noone really seems to know or care about where will the people working on those factories (which can number in the thousands) will go. Some say they vote Trump in a hope that their factory (job) comes back.

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        1. Sappho
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          The lost jobs are pretty sad but the company I work for employs more people than that entire industry. It's kind of just a sad world we live in.

          The lost jobs are pretty sad but the company I work for employs more people than that entire industry. It's kind of just a sad world we live in.

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