I am wondering about this, I'm not sure if there is any good in it for the people of Appalachia. Is there?
2007-11-30 23:20:52 · 5 answers · asked by DaStalkee 2 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Taking the top off the mountain kills everything in the ecosystem, it changes the terrain for rainfall and in fact would alter the watershed.
We have done some development in my area where we have removed the top of these big hills to put up high end houses that turn out to be heat sinks
The reason we aren't supposed to strip the top off the ground also increases UV impact by generating heat that contributes to lower air pressure changing weather.
Go to this link and see many years of solar radiation impact on the surface of the planet. http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatgain.html is a long page of unprecedented temperature imaging, take your time and see how this impacts you.
Good environmental stewardship
2007-12-01 02:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Appalachia and the effects of mountain top removal are devastating. It not only disfigures the planet but it ruins ecosystems. It angers me that my state is advertised as being "Wild and Wonderful" but we thrive off the coal industry. I know coal gives us electricity, but there are smarter ways of getting it.
2007-12-01 16:00:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It creates a few jobs.
Mountain top removal is even worse than it sounds. It is a devastating way to remove coal. It totally destroys the environment.
2007-12-01 00:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Underground mining is very dangerous and unhealthy. After 20 year of working in coal mines people developed black lung decease and thousand were killed by cave ins.
2007-12-01 05:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes these parasitic companies a lot of cash
2007-11-30 23:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋