So I was walking through campus the other day (as I usually do), when I was approached by a woman with a clipboard. She was quite attractive, (as women paid to approach people usually are)and proceeded to ask me how I felt about blowing up mountains for coal.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't be until seconds after our brief conversation ended that I thought to say, "Blowing up mountains? It's about damn time. Haven't you seen Dante's Peak? I say get them before they get us."
Damn that would have been sly. But I was late on the draw, (as I usually am) and our conversation ended with a lie about me having to get to class. So is the way of the world.
But of course, the issue the I was approached about is a serious one, as you can tell by the super-dramatic music in this ad:
Despite being confusingly named, The Coal River Mountain Wind Project (wait... So is it a coal project on a river, that has something to do with mountain wind?) is a battle being fought to save the Coal River Mountain from being turned into a coal mine via large explosions.
The idea is to establish windmills on the mountain to make up for the energy that would be made by turning the mountain into something more sinister:
The Annihilatrix
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But I guess the annihilatrix did end up solving global warming, so never mind.
Luckily, Coal River Valley residents are getting the chance to share their views with congressional officials this week.
The proposed wind turbines would create enough power to... um... power 70,000 homes. (Yay for verbal nouns!)
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