On paper, it is simple to calculate the amount of CO2 emissions a ton of coal will produce and then to calculate the number of trees it takes to consume the CO2, the problem with that theory is that you have to train the CO2 molecules to go to those trees. . . maybe we only burn coal when the wind is blowing in that direction ? And, oh yes, the trees, he said. Are these mature, 40-foot oak trees they are planting, or more likely 16-inch pine seedlings ? Do they realize how long it will take to get a mature forest capable of consuming the CO2 ?

John Sparr

With markets dwindling, coal companies shutting down and workers being laid off, it is no wonder that stocks are crashing.

The drop in coal market stock is directly related to the promise that Obama made to his environmental extremist supporters – ‘ you can build coal fired power plants, but we will shut them down, ’.