@SeanR I was rather unclear there. What I meant was that they should face reality and change careers as soon as possible.
I don't want to make them reduntant by law, economy or any other way but it will happen sooner or later anyway. Robots will replace their work and other sources of power will replace coal. Protest voting won't change this. It's a small and shrinking number of voters anyway so politicians will abandon them too. It may seem cynical but a few coal jobs is a cheap price to pay for better economy and probably better climate.
But of course no one likes to change their habits, especialy not when some foreigners tell them to. In fact I think people should challenge authorities more than they do now. Sadly for them it won't matter much in the long run.
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@SeanR I was rather unclear there. What I meant was that they should face reality and change careers as soon as possible.
I don't want to make them reduntant by law, economy or any other way but it will happen sooner or later anyway. Robots will replace their work and other sources of power will replace coal. Protest voting won't change this. It's a small and shrinking number of voters anyway so politicians will abandon them too. It may seem cynical but a few coal jobs is a cheap price to pay for better economy and probably better climate.
But of course no one likes to change their habits, especialy not when some foreigners tell them to. In fact I think people should challenge authorities more than they do now. Sadly for them it won't matter much in the long run.