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Dangerous than others because of the geologic conditions, because they are gassy, they have weak grooves, more prone to caving in. there's an infinite variety of situations. there are different kinds of coal operators. some coal operators are very safe and thoughtful about their employees and some coal operators are not. massey energy has a reputation of being one of the companies in the industry with a very poor safety record. >> what do you think is the likeliest and the most productive and the most immediate impact of the possibilities to relieve us of this situation where every three or fo...

Cold turkey from coal right now. we get half of our electricity from coal. no one is suggesting we stop burning coal immediately. but, you know, it is very clear in the big picture the sort of era of fossil fuels is over. we are moving away from coal in general. more importantly, this is happening in west virginia anyway. it is not because of environmentalists or something like that. it is because they have been mining coal for 200 years there. they have mined out all the good coal. the stuff that is left is increasingly difficult to get at, increasingly dangerous. unless you have tough regula...

Cold turkey from coal right now. we get half of our electricity from coal. no one is suggesting we stop burning coal immediately. but, you know, it is very clear in the big picture the sort of era of fossil fuels is over. we are moving away from coal in general. more importantly, this is happening in west virginia anyway. it is not because of environmentalists or something like that. it is because they have been mining coal for 200 years there. they have mined out all the good coal. the stuff that is left is increasingly difficult to get at, increasingly dangerous. unless you have tough regula...

Going to handle this. >> what would happen to this country if we stopped mining coal? >> well, we obviously can't go cold turkey from coal right now. we get half of our electricity from coal. no one is suggesting we stop burning coal immediately. but, you know, it is very clear in the big picture the sort of era of fossil fuels is over. we are moving away from coal in general. more importantly, this is happening in west virginia anyway. it is not because of environmentalists or something like that. it is because they have been mining coal for 200 years there. they have mined out all the good c...

Dangerous than others because of the geologic conditions, because they are gassy, they have weak grooves that are prone to caving in. there's an infinite variety of situations. there are different kinds of coal operators. some coal operators are very safe and thoughtful about their employees and some coal operators are not. massey energy has a reputation of being one of the companies in the industry with a very poor safety record. >> what do you think is the likeliest and the most productive and the most immediate impact of the possibilities to relieve us of this situation where every three or...