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>Just look at West Virginia to see the long term boons from coal mining I don't understand what you're getting at. Compare the life of an average person in Wes
by Mirioron 7y ago
>Just look at West Virginia to see the long term boons from coal mining
I don't understand what you're getting at. Compare the life of an average person in West Virginia today to the average person in West Virginia before coal mining and the person today is immensely better off. Technological improvements are the payoffs from investment.
- Retric 7y agoTechnology has increased standards of living everywhere, that’s independent of coal mining because the technology was developed globally. West Virginia however has fallen behind the economic development of other states without coal.