Among the top five states dependent upon the fossil fuel industry, West Virginia is among the bottom five in economic and public health
By Maury Johnson
GREENVILLE, W.Va. – In the last several weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been touting how we need to ramp up all kinds of fossil fuel infrastructure and production in order to help Ukraine and become energy independent. He is also trying to help his fossil fuel friends from whom he has taken enormous sums of money in the last year. When I say enormous, I mean ENORMOUS! It appears he is willing to even write legislation to advance their cause and spout their propaganda.
Well, Senator Manchin is dead wrong.
West Virginia is in the top five states for exploration, production, transportation and combustion of fossil fuels, but it is one of the bottom five states in our country in economic status. It is 49th in health issues and steadily ranks at the bottom of almost every metric of a functioning state. It has truly become a sacrificial colony under the leadership of corporate leaders like Manchin. Their servitude to the fossil fuel industry is in large part responsible for these deplorable conditions. Large parts of the state that were once truly “Almost Heaven” have become “A Living Nightmare” for many of our West Virginia citizens.
As a landowner along the path of one of these pipelines, being built in some of West Virginia’s last pristine places, I am appalled at Sen. Manchin’s attempts to leverage himself into a position of power. I wish I could ignore his destructive views on fossil fuels and his misguided attempt to push through these destructive projects.
My neighbor Paula Mann was 100 percent correct in her assessment of Manchin in her recent essay, “Manchin Lying about Mountain Valley Pipeline, Says Landowner.” There is no reason to build new pipelines. We have far too many destructive pipelines already. We need to fully electrify our energy sector with renewable energy and build a smart, modern electrical grid.
Joe Manchin is not only wrong, he is DEAD wrong and the human race will be, too, if we continue down the path that he is proposing.
© Maury Johnson, 2022. Johnson is a landowner in Monroe County, W.Va. He has remained active in numerous efforts to educate the public about the danger, destruction and deceptive practices of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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Not only is Manchin dead wrong, he’s trying to take all of us along with him on his death trip. Not where I want to go! Rose
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 9:57 AM The Appalachian Chronicle wrote:
> Michael M. Barrick posted: ” Among the top five states dependent upon the > fossil fuel industry, West Virginia is among the bottom five in economic > and public health By Maury Johnson GREENVILLE, W.Va. – In the last several > weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been touting ” >
However, everyone seems to be ignoring Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).
Geothermal no longer needs deep drilling or hot water. It uses CO2–in old fracked wells–saving millions in drilling costs.
Geothermal, alone among the safe renewables, provides the required “base load”; available day, night, wind or calm with large power increases deliverable instantly on demand.
Already in use in Alaska and Nevada, WV geology is said to be especially suited to EGS.
So well said Maury. And congratulations on your next plunge. Third one right?
Maury, you are the 👨 man😄
NO MVP, NO MVP, NO MVP
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