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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by ceejayoz on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:47AM (#27590478)
Not sure I’m the one “borderline lying” here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/climate/coal-jobs-prove-l...

The comparison is useful to demonstrate how small the industry is. No one thinks the loss of Arby’s would collapse the economy, but politicians act like coal would.

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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:53AM (#27590528)
Arbys does not underpin the economy of west virginia or any other state. If it did underpin a state economy you can bet your ass they'd fight for it and politicians looking to curry favor with those politicians would also fight for it.

I can't believe I'm arguing for f*king coal here.

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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by Retric on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:15AM (#27590691)
Coal doesn’t underpin WV’s economy, it simply doesn’t employ that many people. In 2019 it was at 13,988 in a state with 1,767,859 people. If anything it’s the federal government that’s underpinning WV’s economy.

For all the jokes WV isn’t like what most people picture. For example people think of poverty, yet while far below CA median household income is significantly higher in WV than the UK, Germany, or France.

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