For 60 years, the power plant on the outskirts of the tiny Missouri hamlet of Chamois turned mountains of coal into cheap electricity.
Last year, the plant closed its doors.
“It’s just really kind of sad, honestly. It’s just one more thing that means fewer jobs for people out here,” said Diane Martellaro, who co-owns a marble and granite business in Chamois, a tiny dot on the map with a population of about 400 along the banks of the Missouri River, about halfway between St. Louis and Jefferson City.
The town’s population has since declined, she said.
The Union Pacific train line that used to supply the plant with coal no longer runs through town, and the local school will probably have to close soon because the power plant provided most of the necessary tax revenue to keep it running.
Changing market forces — such as the growth in natural gas supplies for other power plants — factored in the decision. But the cost associated with updating the older facility to meet future regulations on emissions from coal power plants was the “major factor” behind the closure, said the company that owned the plant.
Central Electric Power Cooperative believed it would cost $14 million or more to meet the new emissions standards being crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency,according to a statement announcing the closure.
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Obama is unplugging the rural people, who he refers to as “bitter clingers” to their Bibles and guns.
These people do not understand that the power grid needs to have enough power in the system to meet the demand. So far all these idiots have done his reduce the power in the grid while demand goes up. Brown outs and black outs will be the Obama legacy.
Looking forward to the day when we can close the EPA.
People will care when the electric bill is more than their mortgage
Why do people stand by and let this happen? What good is cleaner air if your out of work.
Poetic justice –
http://www.11alive.com/videos/news/local/duluth/2014/05/30/9788113/
We may never know what is pushing the “climate” nonsense, but it is glaring that Obama’s EPA would rather punish and control, rather than take off the top like the grifters leftists are.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/102780/Business/Economy/Rental-values-for-Egypts-mines-to-increase-by-,-pe.aspx
Time for a White House petition to get the EPA to live by their own rules and disconnect their offices coal, oil and nuclear power sources, and use only alternative electricity sources on the roof to power their offices.
Agenda 21 – make the rural areas unlivable and get everyone crowded into central places where they’re easier to control.