As someone who has become totally disillusioned with the current political process, I felt both energized and inspired when I read this headline in the May 2 Salt Lake Tribune, “Kennecott to close its last coal plant.”
Whether this decision was driven by market forces or a reality of what must be done to protect the future of this planet, as well as its future inhabitants, is irrelevant. This is great news.
The current political thought process permeating within this country has become, “Tell me what I want to hear so I can believe what I want to believe. And if I’m lucky the truth won’t come back to haunt me.”
One of Donald Trump’s as yet unfulfilled promises was to create a new industry of more coal jobs. But, at this stage, it appears coal miners have become yet another victim of Trump’s broken promises.
It also illustrates how the promises and proposals of any politician should be handled with scrutiny, or simply put, “with a grain of salt.”
Gary D. Ruiz, Murray
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