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Even if it does why use American coal? That's why coal mines closed in Europe: cheap imports from South America and Australia.
by Feniks 9y ago
Even if it does why use American coal? That's why coal mines closed in Europe: cheap imports from South America and Australia.
- jorgen123 9y agoActually, your question should be: Why use Appalachian coal? And indeed, coal production has shifted to Wyoming where it is cheaper to produce with less labor. So even if coal comes back, it will not likely come back to Appalachia. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/coal-jobs-in-appalachia/?utm_term=.7c5b8b318675 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/coal-jobs-i...