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Blogging for the Frontliners again :-)

I have a lot of catching up to do.

"WDC Frontliners Group"  asked me about my views on Mountain Top removal.



Okay, I do not think people should cut off these poor mountain's heads!

Seriously though....

Wiki says: Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), often referred to as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain. Entire coal seams are removed from the top of a mountain, hill or ridge by removing the overburden above them, leaving a flat plateau or a gently rolling contour. The large amounts of overburden is moved into neighboring valleys. It is most closely associated with coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The process involves blasting with explosives to remove up to 400 vertical feet of mountain to expose underlying coal seams. Excess rock and soil are often dumped into what are called "holler fills" or "valley fills." After active mining has been completed all disturbed areas of the mining operation are required by Federal law contained in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to be reclaimed as one of several post-mining land use options.

I am not sure how I feel about this really. We need coal for fuel. I would love to go back to the past and learn from the natives who did not blast mountains apart to keep warm or to run factories, cars, etc. The truth is we live in a world that uses these resources. I am not sure what other option there is and would love for someone to come up with one that is easily put into action. I know there are 'greener' ways of doing things (coal is used for only one half of all heating and electricity), but the human race has been brought up and conditioned to get ahead by any means possible, destroying the earth very easily for their personal gain. Think about the gold rush that happened in the early years...ever since white man came to this country, they have been tearing it apart...

I feel sad that not only are beautiful mountains being destroyed but we are using explosives (toxic) to blow them up. There is dust and soot that rains down on towns when these mountains are being blown up and this is also toxic. Soon the world will be flat, without vegetation, and people will continue to be poisoned. When will it all stop??? What happens when all the mountains and coal is gone? Then will we startto really look for other means to fuel our country?