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The global coal industry may have to shed nearly 1 million jobs by 2050, even without any further pledges to phase out fossil fuels, with China and India facing the biggest losses, research showed on Tuesday.
I wonder how/if the states of these workers will reemploy them
They’ve tried constantly to transition them but they’d rather starve than learn a new skill. I feel for them but if they only want to go all in on voting for “fascist force the country to run on coal” I don’t feel for them once the stopgaps run out.
Some of those communities ARE finding their way into the future though and I support supporting them.
I’ve got absolutely zero sympathy for anyone in the coal industry who refuses free retraining. Go ahead. Go bankrupt. See if the rest of the world gives a shit.
They’ve tried constantly to transition them but they’d rather starve than learn a new skill. I feel for them but if they only want to go all in on voting for “fascist force the country to run on coal” I don’t feel for them once the stopgaps run out.
Some of those communities ARE finding their way into the future though and I support supporting them.
I’ve got absolutely zero sympathy for anyone in the coal industry who refuses free retraining. Go ahead. Go bankrupt. See if the rest of the world gives a shit.
The people who want to move on from coal move out, thus a sampling bias exists where the diehards live off promises that can’t be fulfilled