Celebrating the Blessings of a Coal-Based Economy: Who Needs Teeth When You've Got Cheap Power?
West Virginia gets more of its electricity from coal than any other state. To celebrate that fact, yesterday WV Gov. Joe Manchin (D) declared coal the official state rock.
Yes, really. Coal is now the state rock of West Virginia.
But why should Manchin stop there? Having a coal-based economy has given his state so many other reasons to celebrate!
For instance, West Virginia has the lowest median household income in the U.S., and offers the least low-income weatherization assistance of any state, so perhaps Manchin could declare Sweltering in a Shack the official state pastime.
Manchin’s state comes in dead last in educational services and social assistance, but leads in citizens with disabilities, which suggests an official state motto: You’re On Your Own. And with the lowest number of college graduates of any state, and among the lowest adult literacy rates, WV definitely needs a short motto.
The state is winning the race in tooth loss and obesity, so it’s a no-brainer for Manchin to declare milkshakes the official state dessert.
You might think all this coal-economy goodness would drive West Virginians a little crazy, but with the lowest expenditures in any state on mental health services, let’s hope not!
Yes, the coal economy has been very good to West Virginia. Yay for coal!
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Future cars will need no fuel and can become power plants when parked.
Revolutionary breakthroughs will make possible a Self Powered Internal Combustion Engine - SPICE.
A SPICE can be used to power a hybrid. It will need no fuel and end the need to plug-in. The engine can run when parked and wirelessly transmit and sell power to the local utility.
The SPICE is powered by hydrinos. One barrel of water can equal several hundred barrels of oil. To learn more about SPICE and hydrinos see: www.chavae
A second breakthrough is the MagGen. These magnetic generators, without moving parts, will replace batteries in electric cars, trucks and buses.
Scientists and engineers will doubt these technologies are possible until they have been validated by Independent Laboratories. That is an important step on the agenda.
Until now, car ownership has been an expense. Payments to car owners driving a hybrid with a SPICE, or powered by MagGen, are likely to be substantial.
When vehicles selling power to the grid fill a parking garage, it will have become a multi-megawatt power plant.
The cost of many vehicles might be paid for by utilities, as they purchase power whenever needed. The parked cars each become decentralized power plants - a rapid, cost-effective path to a rebirth of the automobile industry.
And as worldwide production begins to ramp up, an end to the need to build coal burning power plants!
Outstanding!!!
Not sure Appalachia can stand anymore of the prosperity thanks to mountaintop removal by the new and improved, clean, green, greedy, hybrid coal industry. Wise County, Virginia is being bombed, blasted and bulldozed right into 3rd world America. http://www
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