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David Rosenbaum takes issue with Tom Chaney review Writer assails book which grew out of "trip. . . aspiring polymaths took to Knott County." By David Rosenbaum Mr. Chaney's review of the book on mountaintop removal mining was really a stem winder. He begins with John Prine's "Mr. Peabody's Coal Train Done Hauled it Away," a song written about the Community of Paradise in Muhlenberg County, some 200 miles from the nearest mountain. Not a lot of mountaintop removal in Muhlenberg. The book apparently grew from a brief trip that a group of aspiring polymaths took to Knott County. That same group could probably visit the on-going construction of the Columbia By-pass and note that any earthmoving project does stir up some dust and really doesn't look very good while in progress. The group, and we are assured that, "None had a vendetta against the coal industry," concluded that the impacts are, "Sweeping across the state . . ."The review concludes with a lengthy political statement regarding the recent special session of the Kentucky general assembly. Difficult to understand what this has to do with mountaintop removal since the proposed coal to liquid plant would, I understand, be located in western Kentucky, John Prine country. The author asserts that mountaintop removal sentences the citizens to "live in a barren desert."Give me a break. Kentucky has the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi, now grazing on reclaimed mountaintop removal mines. Hospitals, industrial manufacturing facilities, shopping centers, airports, flood-free housing developments and a federal prison are examples of how reclaimed mountaintop mines are being used today. I suspect that, in addition to all the folks mentioned as participating in the Knott County outing, Chicken Little was also along for the ride. Related: The Tom Chaney review challenged by Mr. Rosenbaum This story was posted on 2007-07-16 20:59:11
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