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1. What are the states of KY and WV and the affected counties doing to address

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 01:15 AM

Sep 2015

this not-really-new problem?

This is not the first time an industry went into decline.
KY, NC and other states faced the decline/end of the tobacco economy. Admittedly, turning tobacco farms into other uses is easier than reclaiming and using coal mines, but we have smart, creative people all around who should/could come up with alternative industries or at least a plan, maybe even a long-term plan to reclaim these counties.

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Coal’s Decline Is Choking Appalachia Towns (xpost from GD) [View all] KamaAina Sep 2015 OP

What are the states of KY and WV and the affected counties doing to address No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #1

Mushroom farms? KamaAina Sep 2015 #3

Maybe something above ground would provide more jobs. No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #4

I was thinking about repurposing the mines themselves. KamaAina Sep 2015 #5

How many mushrooms can the economy realistically expect to absorb? No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #6

The point was to create demand by growing different varieties than we're used to. KamaAina Sep 2015 #7

OKay. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #8

From what I can tell A Little Weird Sep 2015 #9

That's what I thought. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #10

I have yet to hear of a mine operator or power company executive losing their Ford_Prefect Sep 2015 #2