Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Soulless/Consol Energy

It's difficult be believe that anyone could be as morally bankrupt as Brett Harvey, CEO of Consol Energy. Someone who stood before his fellow human beings and claimed that his company was not responsible for killing the organisms in Dunkard Creek. But rather that it was the algae and not the pollutants that his company dumped in the creek.

The algae wouldn't be there without the pollutants being there first. Mr. Harvey knows that. Anyone at all remotely knowledgeable of the character of longwall mining and it's sorry trail, knows that. But, Mr. Harvey stands before us and claims that its the fault of the algae. That he and his death machine called Consol Energy, are blameless for the tragedy that has befallen Dunkard Creek.

Longwall mining is an unmitigated disaster. It has knowingly caused death and ruin in every place that it has been employed to destabilize the natural carbon sink, coal. And, with soulless brutes such as Mr. Harvey leading them, it's not hard to figure out why.

Yes, Mr. Harvey, the algae bloom killed all of the living things in Dunkdard Creek. But, the pollutants brought into that place are the responsibility of Consol Energy. Not hunters or fisherman. Consol Energy. And, anyone who could buy the load of garbage you tried to foist on people, likely lacks the ability to reason. Or, is as soulless as you are.

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