Why We Shouldn’t Mine Coal
I’m sixty-seven this year and all my life, every year or so, I’ve heard reports of the deaths of coal miners.
Now today, there are reports of a serious mine disaster in Turkey.
When I was in Poland, I shared a train compartment with a lady going to Katowice. I remember the city for a mining disaster in the 1950s, which was nearby.
Isn’t it about time, we stopped mining the filthy stuff, as it just creates grief for the miners and their families? And of course there’s always the issue of global warming.
There’s Gold In Them There Bogs!
When he appeared on BBC radio this morning, one of those in charge of this project to mine gold in Ireland, said he’d lost count of the jokes about lucky Irish and leprechauns.
I suppose it will be a good area for the many Irish comedians to mine too!
Is Two Australian Dollars A Day Too Much?
Gina “Who Ate All The Pies?” Reinhart thinks so according to this report in the LA Times.
Obviously, you have to compete, but there are other ways to do it.
CrossRail faced with Europe’s largest project and one of the biggest tunnelling projects ever, decided that it was better to use bigger machines and upskill the workforce. They even created TUCA, which I have called, London’s University of Hole Digging.
The unloved Reinhart, doesn’t seem to believe in the principle that what goes around comes around. There are endless examples, where investment has repaid itself many times, by just being sensible with it. Some of the transport links for the Olympics have allowed youngsters to travel to get their first good job.
I take it, she would feel that we should recreate the East End sweatshops, so that we can employ them at the equivalent of two Australian dollars a day.
The Poor Chilean Miners
It would appear that it could be over soon for the poor miners trapped in Chile.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t bare to read or watch anything about their plight. It’s not that I wish them any harm, but being trapped like that would make me go completely mad!
The Anonymous Widower 