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Re:BlackRock’s decision to dump coal signals what’s next by Mirioron on Friday January 17, 2020 @01:01AM (#22072283)
>Just look at West Virginia to see the long term boons from coal mining

I don't understand what you're getting at. Compare the life of an average person in West Virginia today to the average person in West Virginia before coal mining and the person today is immensely better off. Technological improvements are the payoffs from investment.

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Re:BlackRock’s decision to dump coal signals what’s next by Retric on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:23AM (#22073483)
Technology has increased standards of living everywhere, that’s independent of coal mining because the technology was developed globally. West Virginia however has fallen behind the economic development of other states without coal.
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