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2. My grandad was a coal miner. He had to quit because of black lung.

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Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:23 AM

Oct 9

My neighbors burned coal for heat, we would watch the coal truck dump a load of it into their basement bin.

To think we could have had clean renewable energy invented by N.Tesla if it weren’t for the fossil barons actively killing any emerging energy alternatives.

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Project 2025 wants to kill unwashed Americans, period. gab13by13 Oct 9 #1

My grandad was a coal miner. He had to quit because of black lung. Clouds Passing Oct 9 #2