In meetings most of the day. Therefore, quotes from coal industry people!
"Palmer had founded the pro-CO2 Greening Earth Society in 1998 to convince people that burning fossil fuels is 'doing the work of the Lord.'" (Fred Palmer of Peabody Energy, the largest US coal producer)
"Blankenship warned that 'the greeniacs are taking over the world,' and painted a grim picture of what American life would be like under 'people of the far-left Communist persuasion.' ... 'I have spent quite a bit of time in Russia and China and India, and I can tell you, that's the first phase. You go from having your own car to carpooling to riding the bus to riding mass transit and you eventually get down to where you're walking. Your apartments go from being nice apartments and homes with your own bathroom to sharing kitchens and bathrooms with four families. That's what socialism and the elimination of capitalism and free enterprise is all about.'" (Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, the fourth largest US coal company)
Quotes from Pooley's The Climate War, which I'm still wandering through and which, if it's not obvious, I recommend.
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