I read about this, they were saying their coal loads are way, way down, which doesn't surprise me. Coal usage is continuing to decline rapidly, by end of this year some predictions in the industry are that only about 15% of electric power in the US is going to be generated by Coal, and they expect that it is going to go much lower (other than west virginia, where like 99% of its power is from Coal, not surprisingly). Classic example of what happens when an industry or service doesn't adjust to the times, the handwriting has been on the wall for coal for a really long time, it simply is a product that has been supplanted by newer technology/products.
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