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To: Suma who wrote (68607)	5/26/2008 12:00:58 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542087

"I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing the health and lives of those in the river valleys ..." Poop like that discredits the author!

To: Suma who wrote (68607)	5/26/2008 12:16:13 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542087

I was looking for pictures of strip mines and found this absolutely fascinating article: news.nationalgeographic.com Really interesting when you look at the whole thing in terns of cost- and that the Earthquake did more damage wrt cost, than the value of the coal extracted.