As Coal Mines Close, Displaced Miners Find Work in Renewable Energy Boom::A battery startup in West Virginia and the mineworkers union may have a blueprint for those left behind in the energy transition.
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The whole “clean energy will take your jobs” rhetoric was indeed complete BS.
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Automation already took most of the mine jobs. The majority of US coal comes from the west where mines are on the surface, equipment is larger, and the coal has lower sulfur. If coal ramped up back to full production, the mines would hire back only a small fraction of the displaced workers.
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