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Donkees

(31,406 posts) Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:02 PM Sep 2021

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Bernie Sanders Justifies $3.5T Budget: 'How much Is Too Much' To Save Planet?'

Sep 16, 2021

“How much is too much when you’re talking about saving the planet? How much? And if the planet goes down in 50 years—well, Gee-whiz—how much should we have spent or not spent?” says Sen. Bernie Sanders on why the value of the reconciliation package is worth the price.

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Bernie Sanders Justifies $3.5T Budget: 'How much Is Too Much' To Save Planet?' (Original Post) Donkees Sep 2021 OP

sorry there beernie, one of your peers would rather save the coal industry nt msongs Sep 2021 #1

Only 19% of our energy comes from coal, and it is becoming less and less as the years go by JohnSJ Sep 2021 #2

K&R! Good interview! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #3

msongs

(67,405 posts)

1. sorry there beernie, one of your peers would rather save the coal industry nt

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:04 PM

Sep 2021

JohnSJ

(92,190 posts)

2. Only 19% of our energy comes from coal, and it is becoming less and less as the years go by

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:15 PM

Sep 2021

Someone is conning the people of WV, because coal isn’t the future

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)

3. K&R! Good interview!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:03 PM

Sep 2021

And he's right - no big surprise.

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