Submitted for your approval.... Centralia, PA - Coal Town!

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  1. Cman69

    Cman69 The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    In case you're wondering what Centralia PA looks like today.. This could be anyplace where extensive coal mining takes place. All those people moved.. All those homes demolished.. Yeah, we need more coal alright...

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    I've actually driven near there on Rte. 61. Didn't know it used to be a town. Looks more like just scrub brush and grass now.

     
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    This is the place that is basically always on fire, right?
     
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    From what I understand they have loudspeakers playing that classic 60s song by the Doors
     
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    Yep... They say it may burn another several hundred years. Anthracite has the highest energy capacity of any coal.
     
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    You're a sick man 12....
     
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    Sorry C

    But that was just a little "dark" humor
     
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    I've been there. It's only an hour and a half drive from me. Pretty neat though.
     
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    Here's a really good documentary on the fire and aftermath.
     
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    What part of PA you in Faux?
     
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    Elizabethtown area
     
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    You over in ETown? Well howdy neighbor! York here..
     
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    Lol the only 2 Jets fans in central PA
     
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    Your headline and statement are alternative facts, as reading your own link would reveal. The Ex-I'm Bank may have loaned the money for these projects but did so with environmentally sensitive restrictions. The enforcement of environmental regulations lies with the government where the projects exist.
     
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    Just pointing out how much ($$$$$$) the previous administration committed to fossil fuel projects, including coal; around the globe.

    ...And the "environmentally sensitive restrictions" ... were walked all over; without penalty or punishment.

     
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    Im sure the good people formerly of Centralia PA sleep well knowing how bad things are in India and the Outback.
     
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    As much as the cons enjoyed demonizing Obama, he wasn't a hard-core leftist. He was open to other points of view, as shown here. Which was a good thing to have in a president.
     

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