So, yes, it isn't about jobs but... we can recognize how coal and solar jobs aren't necessarily in the same places.https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/870639122238537734 …
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So it is about the economic devastation of certain communities by "creative destruction" driven in part by environmental concerns.
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And truly, if our concern is justice, if we are asking people to give up their livelihoods to protect a system...
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In which they receive an unfairly small slice of the benefits already... if we want people in that situation to give up their jobs...
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We as a society ought to be interested in compensating them. Imagine if Obama's energy plan could have been accompanied by...
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A compensation plan for ex-coal miners, and an investment plan for towns devastated by shuttered mines.
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And with the right incentives, the industry could probably be made to participate in its own conscious and intentional downsizing.
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