A mine just reopened in eastern Utah, but the industry has changed.

    • chaosCruiser
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      74 months ago

      Wasn’t Trump supposed to save that sinking ship? At least I remember hearing promises like that.

        • chaosCruiser
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          24 months ago

          Yeah, well that’s how politics work. A politician makes voters think they would be great in office. Voters vote, and turn that dream into reality. The politician fails to deliver. Another politician says that they would be better than that other politician. Rinse and repeat.

          • @cron@feddit.org
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            I couldn’t find anything specific to the 1980s, but this graph shows that coal production was rising betwen 1940 and 2008. Apparrently, they needed less and less workers for even more output.

            Edit: source

            • @CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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              It’s probably when those giant ass dump trucks and automation began to take over as technology progressed.