Andy, I understand a lot about coal country, but, you know, what's been happening to coal is free market forces. The low price of natural gas and the abundance of natural gas has been driving the cost of energy so low that it doesn't make financial sense to keep mining coal. Of course, I think that's a good thing because coal is the huge contributor to carbon emissions and global warming and climate change and all of the things that follow. (36:53–37:06)
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