Coal is an issue for 2012.

I'm putting these links here because my dad worked in the coal mines for years.  This is also related to the climate change hoax which I have mentioned on other posts.  Coal supplies about 50% of our electricity.  There is currently nothing to replace it.  Obama was for coal and now he isn't.  In fact he has declared war on coal.  This is a problem maker not a solution.  Electricity will cost more and brown outs will increase.  I believe that Obama has been bought.  Mitt Romney has said that America can become an energy superpower.  He will OK the Keystone Pipeline on day one in office.  He has also said that coal will not be a four letter word under his administration.  That is the best news I have heard in a while.  It may be the best news I have heard ever.  Yes, apparently coal is or will be a hot issue during this election campaign.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/05/u-s--can-be-energy-superpower.html

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/5/coal-heats-up-as-campaign-issue-for-obama/

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/11111-epa-regulations-on-coal-become-an-election-issue

Sierra Club took 26 Million Dollars from Chesapeake Energy.

What a joke.  The Sierra Club recently admitted, because they had to, that they accepted 26 million dollars from Chesapeake Energy in their negative campaign against the coal industry.  First they kept it secret.  They only revealed it after it was made public.  Now they have admitted that oil involving fracking actually does more harm to the environment that coal mining.  Coal can now be made to burn cleaner also. 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72400.html