Comments on: BREAKING: New Poll Finds that Appalachian People Strongly Oppose Mountaintop Removal http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/ Working with YOU to protect the land, air, water and people of Appalachia Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen Wylie http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-15050 Karen Wylie Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:21:24 +0000 http://appvoices.org/?p=15267#comment-15050 Most of us who moved to Appalachia were influenced to do so by the beauty of the mountains. With all the economic setbacks we all face, we stay here because of the beauty of the mountains and the lifestyle they provide us. Destroying the mountains and their beauty certainly brings a profit to some businesses, but you can't put the top back on the mountain after it's been destroyed. Maybe it's time that more businesses try to make a reasonable profit doing things that actually benefit our world...and not just benefiting their own pocket. Desperate people need a paycheck, that's for sure. But it would be nice if they had a home to come back to that provided some peace and beauty, instead of having to look at the scarring of our mountains. Most of us who moved to Appalachia were influenced to do so by the beauty of the mountains. With all the economic setbacks we all face, we stay here because of the beauty of the mountains and the lifestyle they provide us. Destroying the mountains and their beauty certainly brings a profit to some businesses, but you can’t put the top back on the mountain after it’s been destroyed. Maybe it’s time that more businesses try to make a reasonable profit doing things that actually benefit our world…and not just benefiting their own pocket. Desperate people need a paycheck, that’s for sure. But it would be nice if they had a home to come back to that provided some peace and beauty, instead of having to look at the scarring of our mountains.

]]> By: Darlene Foster http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-14946 Darlene Foster Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:32:13 +0000 http://appvoices.org/?p=15267#comment-14946 I am from eastern Kentucky and love the mountains. Both my father and uncle worked in the mines for years. I no longer live in Ky, but still love it. I am reading a book written by Silas House and Jason Howard "Something's Rising" about mountaintop removal and am amazed what the government and coal companies are getting away with. If left to thier own devises there will be no mountains in Appalachia. The people of appalachia are so afraid of thier jobs they wouldn't vote against the mountaintop removal knowing it is killing them and their families with the sludge heaps, black water and air pollution. I know how poor eastern Ky is and how hard it is to find jobs there. I still have family in Laural and Knox counties. I am so saddened by this. Just another way to take advantage of these poor people. I am from eastern Kentucky and love the mountains. Both my father and uncle worked in the mines for years. I no longer live in Ky, but still love it. I am reading a book written by Silas House and Jason Howard “Something’s Rising” about mountaintop removal and am
amazed what the government and coal companies are getting away with. If left to thier own devises there will be no mountains in Appalachia. The people of appalachia are so afraid of thier jobs they wouldn’t vote against the mountaintop removal knowing it is killing them and their families with the sludge heaps, black water and air pollution. I know how poor eastern Ky is and how hard it is to find jobs there. I still have family in Laural and Knox counties. I am so saddened by this. Just another way to take advantage of these poor people.

]]> By: Floyd Hardee http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-14308 Floyd Hardee Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:41:32 +0000 http://appvoices.org/?p=15267#comment-14308 I believe we should pursue other forms of energy other than just fossil fuels. We need to develop and start using magnetic energy, after all isn't that what holds the solar system together? We need to preserve our forest, our farm lands, and our wildlife, and while doing so the natural beauty of our God given land. We need to develop renewable fuels (biofuels, ethanol, algae, wind energy, solar,) and so forth. Once our air is so fouled as to bring death to those who breathe it, we will be too late to undo the harm. The same is true of the many rivers that are polluted. We need to curb the world population growth. Over population leads to pollution and the decimation of our natural resources. There may be many planets in our solar system, but this one is the only one inhabitable. Let's keep it that way? A friend to all, Words Hardee. I believe we should pursue other forms of energy other than just fossil fuels. We need to develop and start using magnetic energy, after all isn’t that what holds the solar system together? We need to preserve our forest, our farm lands, and our wildlife, and while doing so the natural beauty of our God given land. We need to develop renewable fuels (biofuels, ethanol, algae, wind energy, solar,) and so forth. Once our air is so fouled as to bring death to those who breathe it, we will be too late to undo the harm. The same is true of the many rivers that are polluted. We need to curb the world population growth. Over population leads to pollution and the decimation of our natural resources. There may be many planets in our solar system, but this one is the only one inhabitable. Let’s keep it that way? A friend to all, Words Hardee.

]]> By: Paul Francke http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-14260 Paul Francke Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:47:02 +0000 http://appvoices.org/?p=15267#comment-14260 There's no obvious reason to trust an internet hobbit who thinks that some of God's largest and most ancient creations should be wiped from reality for no practical reason at all. We can, of course, get energy more cheaply than burying the Appalachian mountains. But even if we were to trust you, and not error-check your DMV fact, it would only teach us that about 3,340,000 adult Kentuckians have decided not to apply for a Friends of Coal vanity plate. Thank you, Leon Wood! The Rev. Paul Francke Charleston, WV There’s no obvious reason to trust an internet hobbit who thinks that some of God’s largest and most ancient creations should be wiped from reality for no practical reason at all. We can, of course, get energy more cheaply than burying the Appalachian mountains. But even if we were to trust you, and not error-check your DMV fact, it would only teach us that about 3,340,000 adult Kentuckians have decided not to apply for a Friends of Coal vanity plate.

Thank you, Leon Wood!
The Rev. Paul Francke
Charleston, WV

]]> By: Leon Wood http://appvoices.org/2011/08/16/breaking-new-poll-finds-that-appalachian-people-strongly-oppose-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-14238 Leon Wood Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:16:25 +0000 http://appvoices.org/?p=15267#comment-14238 I cannot believe this is very representative poll. In Kentucky alone over 40,000 Friends of Coal license plates have been sold. In reality I would bet the numbers are closer to 75% in favor of MTR with 25% against or undecided. I cannot believe this is very representative poll. In Kentucky alone over 40,000 Friends of Coal license plates have been sold. In reality I would bet the numbers are closer to 75% in favor of MTR with 25% against or undecided.

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