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StuffinYrMuffinR t1_j7poj1g wrote

The real question, why are people even trying to open coal mines? The entire industry needs to die

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Brianna-Imagination t1_j7qg0ea wrote

And not just any old coal mine, but a coal mine next to the Great Barrier Reef.

Imagine being apart of the company who thought of that application, let alone applied it, and somehow not realising how much you sound like a parody of a Captain Planet villain.

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bmudz t1_j7sywhy wrote

The guys name is Clive Palmer and he’s a fucking moron. Still hasn’t paid his workers from awhile ago

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addysol t1_j7td5j2 wrote

Deregeristering his stupid political party was terrific news

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Narethii t1_j7t6d3v wrote

Coal is dying, the only thing currently propping it up is subsidies

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secretdrug t1_j7s0nwh wrote

Not to say i support coal mines and especially not next to something as important as the great barrier reef, but yall need to remember that 3rd world countries exist. Its easy for someone from a developed nation to say the coal industry should just die, but for many countries its all they have. They are developing and given 50-100 years coal will hopefully be entirely phased out but as it stands now many countries NEED coal because its all they can realistically use to generate power.

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