It would be interesting to see how much of the continuing support for Trump is due to consumption of fake news. Could be managed with polls that asked specific questions about which news sites you visit and how often, coupled with questions about Trump.
I hypothesize that support for Trump continues due to constant fake or distorted news consumption.
Example, his cheaper coal thing. After mining all the easy to get coal for a couple hundred years, you’re going deeper. This is just the facts on the ground. And the coal is now sub bituminous at best for steam coal, most of the Western coal is lignite. To burn it at all requires sophisticated furnaces. Modern coal fired plants pulverize the coal, blow it into the furnace and burn it. This is not remotely like firing a locomotive in 1850. Mississippi’s Kemper County carbon-capturing coal plant which is supposed to demonstrate “clean” coal, is now 4 billion over budget and still not operational. You could build 4 natural gas plants with carbon capture for the cost OVERRUN on that single coal powered generating station. There is absolutely nothing Trump can do to change that.
It would be interesting to see how much of the continuing support for Trump is due to consumption of fake news. Could be managed with polls that asked specific questions about which news sites you visit and how often, coupled with questions about Trump.
I hypothesize that support for Trump continues due to constant fake or distorted news consumption.
Example, his cheaper coal thing. After mining all the easy to get coal for a couple hundred years, you’re going deeper. This is just the facts on the ground. And the coal is now sub bituminous at best for steam coal, most of the Western coal is lignite. To burn it at all requires sophisticated furnaces. Modern coal fired plants pulverize the coal, blow it into the furnace and burn it. This is not remotely like firing a locomotive in 1850. Mississippi’s Kemper County carbon-capturing coal plant which is supposed to demonstrate “clean” coal, is now 4 billion over budget and still not operational. You could build 4 natural gas plants with carbon capture for the cost OVERRUN on that single coal powered generating station. There is absolutely nothing Trump can do to change that.
Costs by EIA:
https://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/powerplants/capitalcost/
Is the fake/biased news telling Trump voters that? H AH AH AH AHA HA.