RE: POINT PROVEN...GUTTING FISH !!!!LOL LOL lol. Come back after you've gutted, frozen, stacked, dipped, and stacked again 1000 fish in a 14 hour day in pouring rain and rolling seas on a 10ft deck. Then maybe you can talk, otherwise you haven't a glue what you are talking about.
Anyway, As for the mining, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. But coal is the same principle, simply applied globally. I don't care about other mines. I do believe mining can be done responsibly, and must be done responsibly. This isn't about that, (at least not for me... Others are holding Ravens feet to the fire on that) for me it is much more simple. 2/3 of the fossil fuels in the world must remain where they are. That's from the IEA now, not me. Anything less and we risk catastrophic climate change. That means only the most essential, most valuable stuff should be produced, if any is produced at all. Raven, and coal in general outside real metallurgica, studf (again, not raven semi soft) does not live up to that standard, not even close.
so like I said, this is not about jobs, or mining, this is about coal. We know it is toxic to our planet and our continued use of it endangers our own well being just as asbestos endangered, and hurt, your father.