{"id":5977,"date":"2008-11-02T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T08:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/is-obama-going-to-bankrupt-coa.html"},"modified":"2008-11-02T08:02:47","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T08:02:47","slug":"is-obama-going-to-bankrupt-coa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/is-obama-going-to-bankrupt-coa.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Obama intend to bankrupt coal power plants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s what it sounds like from this video:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Hdi4onAQBWQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Hdi4onAQBWQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/2122417\/posts\">via<\/a>)He says he wants to use cap and trade to make it unappealing to build new coal burning power plants. It will get more and more costly to use coal since they will rack up fines. It sounds like he&#8217;s using cap and trade to drive businesses into alternative energy.I guess Biden was telling the truth:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iJ55UzAsp6M&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iJ55UzAsp6M&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>I bet you Obamanites see nothing wrong with trying to move away from coal but shouldn&#8217;t the coal miners know that he intends to put them out of business before they vote for him? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s what it sounds like from this video:(via)He says he wants to use cap and trade to make it unappealing to build new coal burning power plants. 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