Pamela Varkony: Coal must be part of nation's energy policy

The home of many famous battlefields, from Valley Forge to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania once again finds itself at the center of a history-making fight -- the 2008 presidential election.

[DaJudge]

YAK....YAK.....Blah....Blah... ..Good God, may he bless your husband.

[Goon]

yeah those geniuses in wilkes tunneled up into the Susquehanna river and killed 30,000 jobs overnight

[Goon]

MUST is a pretty strong choice of words

[comment]

$30 billion to coal industry from federal government.

I would rather see $30 billion go to endowment fund for scholarships for Ph.D. students at MIT and invent a new technology that doesn't rely on coal, natural gas, or oil for energy.

Same old tired solutions, fund our friends and not solve the problem. If coal is so competitive, then it should survive as an industry without government subsidy. Fund education, commerce will take care of itself!