Thursday, April 10, 2025

"Beautiful, clean coal"

Yesterday Trump signed an order to revive the coal industry.  He called talked about "beautiful, clean coal."  I just had to set him straight.  Tomorrow I'm sending out this letter.  I hope it does some good.

Dear President Trump:


I read that you referred to coal as “beautiful, clean coal.”  Perhaps you are not as familiar with coal as I am.  I live in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.  Anthracite coal was discovered here in Summit Hill.  While I will agree that anthracite, unlike the crumbly bituminous coal found more in western Pennsylvania, can be quite beautiful and shiny, it is definitely not clean.  


I have seen miners come home from deep mines near Nesquehoning, and believe me, they were dirty.  In addition, when I was a kid we burned coal in our furnace.  It is not clean.  It leaves ashes and it pollutes the air.  I don’t know why you think it is clean, but I think upon further investigation, you will find it is anything but.


Incidentally, I now have solar panels on my shed room.  They are clean. 


Sincerely,

Roy Christman

1 comment:


  1. Trump only gets dirty when he moves his when he's cheating at golf. (Mostly he has his caddy do it.)

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