Exactly, peak employment in coal mining was 883K in 1923 [1]. That's less than 1% of the population at that time. Yet politicians still talk about bringing mini

Exactly, peak employment in coal mining was 883K in 1923 [1]. That's less than 1% of the population at that time. Yet politicians still talk about bringing mining jobs back in 2023, 100 years later. Imagine something with 10x the disruptive power. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_States#:~:text=US%20employment%20in%20coal%20mining,declined%20to%2041%2C600%20in%202020 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_St....