11 Responses to “VIDEO: Aerial flyover of Mountain near Mud”

1. lee sledd Says:
   April 5th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

   As a descendent of Appalachians (the double “d” surname is a dead giveaway). My granddad built the railways that carried the coal. I remember the beautiful mountains of West Virginia where we used to camp. This is the clearest real example of what hippies are ridiculed for crying: ‘planet rape’. These are beautiful mountains in a precious ecosystem. Salt in the wounds, the vast majority of the local people are no longer benefitting from the coal industry; they only suffer unmediated environmental havoc. And to top it off coal is the worst possible fuel in terms of greenhouse gasses. It is time for our nation to drop this filthy industry and move on. We have other ways to keep the lights on; so go tell Mr. Peabody we are taking Paradise back, thank you very much.

2. R WELCH Says:
   September 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm

   EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME SPEECH ! WE NEED FUEL, WE NEED TO DECREASE OIL USE, WE NEED TO RAISE OUR STANDARD OF LIVING !

   EVERYBODY IS ALL FOR DEMANDING EVERYTHING ………UNTIL THAT SOMETHING IS IN THEIR BACKYARD ! THEY WANT INDEPENDENCE FROM FOREIGN OIL, BUT THEY DON’T WANT A NUCLEAR PLANT ANYWHERE NEAR THEM. THAT LEAVES COAL AND IT DOESN’T JUST TAKE ITSELF OUT OF THE GROUND !
   YOU CAN’T REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE GROUND AND HAVE THE GROUND BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE !

   YOU WANT LIGHTS, HEAT, ETC ? THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM BUCKWHEAT !

3. Chuck Says:
   November 24th, 2007 at 10:59 am

   Where’s Steven Segall when you really need him?

4. r.argabright Says:
   December 9th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

   cars put more co in air then coal less all walk!!!! hi hi i did not thank so get over it………..from a proud wv coal miner.

5. LARRY H. Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 6:05 am

   THESE SCENE ARE GROSS ,BUT NOT AS BAD THE **RAPE** OF SW VIRGINIA ,WISE COUNTY TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER IS ONE BIG SCAR ,GO TO HIGH KNOB AND LOOK NW ,YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN !

6. Chris Says:
   January 17th, 2008 at 1:38 am

   I watched this video, and a couple others, and they made me sick to my stomach. This is seriously wrong, and should be stopped. This reveals how deeply corrupted by greed and waste our nation has become.
   Since they will forever continue mining the region till the coal is gone, they should come up with alternative and modernized drilling methods that would maintain the landscape and eco-balance while providing jobs and economic growth to the region instead. You would think that giant energy companies that are currently making record breaking profits as well as providing record breaking salaries to their executives could afford it.
   They keep saying that it would hurt consumers and spike energy prices. Hmm.. maybe they are also overly concerned their own profits and investors. Yes, those pesky little investors get really angry when they don’t get those juicy divedends (I admit, I have a 401k that I worry about myself) and until our population boom slows down or people start dying faster (mountain top removal will probably hasten the latter) our energy prices will still go up.
   Oh well, I guess when Dick Cheney is no longer heading up the Energy Commission we can see if something can be done. Just one more thing to keep me from sleeping tonight. LOL

7. Bill Wood Says:
   January 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm

   In response to Chris, January 17th - it’s very shallow and shortsighted to blame the current administration for this problem. The forebearers of today’s mines saw the great potential locked up in these hills near the rivers and started this process, on a small scale effort, well over 100 years ago. Question - how do you take the billions of tons of coal out of the mountain without affecting the structure and stability of the mountain? Can’t be done. This is a process many years, and presidential adminstrations, in the making, and cannot be undone overnight - I guarantee you, the next administration - democratic or republican - will not be the one to turn off the switch on Mud River, Big Ugly, and all the other landscapes and communities in this area.

   It’s a bad position - until it’s more economical to find an alternative fuel supply AND provide it to the masses than coal currently is, nothing will happen. The alternative technology is growing, but we’re still years, if not decades, away from walking away from Mud River.

8. scott roberts Says:
   March 28th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

   Rocky Top you’ll always be home sweet home to me!We all should be ashamed of our selves.Stop the butchering.

9. Anon Says:
   April 10th, 2008 at 4:58 am

   Well holy shoot! I just looked at the before and after overlays on GE and oh my god….. thats terrible. How we can destroy nature on such a large scale is beyond me. I understand the need for fuel, however if more pressure was put on stopping this, then more time and money would be *have* to be put into renewable/alternative energy/fuels.
   I visited Appalachia last year, its a truely amazing area, which makes it even more of a shame that such a large area being destroyed so quickly. What will we do when all the coal is gone and a desilate landscape is left that will take centuries to begin healing itself?
   Now is the time to look for another way, not once its too late.
   I agree we need power & energy, but more importantly we need to look to the future and find and alternatice source!!
   And yet expansion and enlargement of these projects is being licensed……?!

10. I Phelps Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    What goes on in this country with our strip mining and nuclear is horrible. If you go to google earth and enter 40′37′17.73 north an 80′30,47.44 w there’s a huge nuclear waste lake. Straight across from East Liver Pool OHIO. It’s the glowing neon blue lake. This kind of stuff needs to stop!

11. EJ Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Posted on Google Earth was this comment which is worth reading. Actually the water in this lake does look like the water in the tropics that is cleaner than water closer to the US borders. You can see it on Google earth at Georgetown, Pennsylvania. The “little blue” comment is posted in the middle of the lake.

    Man-Made lake created from the hot water from a Nuclear Power Plant in Aliquipa, Pa. Water isn’t radioactive but is free from all impurities which makes the water appear to be so BLUE.

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