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What Trump Wants To Bring Back To Pittsburgh

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Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

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https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

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https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Pittsburgh was actually the STEEL capitol not the "coal capitol":

Pittsburgh is known as both "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses, and as the "City of Bridges" for its 446 bridges...Aside from steel, Pittsburgh has led in manufacturing of aluminum, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum, foods, sports, transportation, computing, autos, and electronics.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh

I'd like to see steel production come back to America, rather than having China buy our waste steel only to sell it back to us at a major profit (thanks to their sweat-shop steel manufacturing facilities). That might be what Trump is talking about...reinvigorating our own manufacturing systems.

I am not sure how successful that could be under the rapacious capitalism of our current Corporate economy.
 
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Captain Adverse said:
Pittsburgh was actually the STEEL capitol not the "coal capitol":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh

I'd like to see steel production come back to America, rather than having China buy our waste steel only to sell it back to us at a major profit (thanks to their sweat-shop steel manufacturing facilities). That might be what Trump is talking about...reinvigorating our own manufacturing systems.

I am not sure how successful that could be under the rapacious capitalism of our current Corporate economy.
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Yes. Steel. I remember. You remember how coal is made?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
I am truly shocked that Pittsburgh's mayor, or any other demorat, opposes anything that Trump may favor. ;)
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Yeah, and Pittsburgh even voted for Hillary...not that orange, putrid pig.
 
It's alliteration people! Jeez.
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Natural gas is taking over coke for steel plants. It's cleaner and cheaper.
 
Coal isn't coming back. Even some of Trump's own folks are now admitting to that fact. To continue to say otherwise, is just more of our new norm of "alternative facts".
 
Vetplus40 said:
Coal isn't coming back. Even some of Trump's own folks are now admitting to that fact. To continue to say otherwise, is just more of our new norm of "alternative facts".
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I agree, coal isn't coming back. Unfortunately, we could very well see environmental regulations rolled back.
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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I knew a pic like that was coming before I even clicked onto the thread :)

I also remember a time very similar to those days.

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It's stunning to me that idiots want us to return to them.
 
Moot said:
Yeah, and Pittsburgh even voted for Hillary...not that orange, putrid pig.
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I guess they chose the orange pig over the pig in a pantsuit..LAFFRIOT
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Great. Another dopey alarmist strawman.(Groan) As if Pittsburgh would look that if we withdrew from the Paris accord.

This can be added to the list " Dumbest reactions to Trump pulling out of the Paris accords"
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Smoke?
But the fight is over CO2 isn't it?
You can't see CO2.
 
bubbabgone said:
Smoke?
But the fight is over CO2 isn't it?
You can't see CO2.
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Picky, picky. BTW, I can't see CO2 either. What are the chances of that?

I grew up in Pittsburgh, and it was worse than anyone can imagine. Nobody survived.
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Did you not understand what he meant by that comment?
 
humbolt said:
Picky, picky. BTW, I can't see CO2 either. What are the chances of that?

I grew up in Pittsburgh, and it was worse than anyone can imagine. Nobody survived.
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Then are you a ghost posting?
 
Where in Trump's comment about Pittsburgh did he say anything about coal?
 
Mason66 said:
Then are you a ghost posting?
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Absolutely. I, for one, am shocked that Pittsburgh even exists now. I understand that the remaining inhabitants are all brain dead - the unwitting descendants of those who died in the conflagration.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Coal isn't coming back. Even some of Trump's own folks are now admitting to that fact. To continue to say otherwise, is just more of our new norm of "alternative facts".
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Last time I checked (which admittedly was a few years ago), coal never left. We're still using about the same amount we always were, both here in America, and worldwide. We just use more energy overall in our daily lives necessitating supplementation with oil, natural gas, and now "green" energies like solar and wind.
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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Wait, was Pittsburgh like that before O'Bama bypassed Congress and committed the US to the Paris Agreement? Yeah didn't think so. Your utterly moronic attempt at propaganda is noted. :roll:
 
Whwn Trump said he doesn't represent Paris... He does realise that the agreement doesn't just apply to Paris, doesn't he?
 
Geoist said:
Today Trump said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." He has made it very clear he wants to roll back the clock and make coal king, again.

Here is a look at what was, quite literally, a dark time for the city of Pittsburgh:

View attachment 67218356



https://www.citylab.com/design/2012...hen-it-decided-it-had-pollution-problem/2185/


For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. The earliest recorded discussion of smoke control in Pittsburgh dates from 1807, with periodic resurges in interest.

After the Civil War, Anthony Trollope, the noted British novelist, wrote, "Pittsburgh without exception is the blackest place which I ever saw, the site is picturesque, even the filth and wondrous blackness are picturesque.... I was never more in love with smoke and dirt than when I stood and watched the darkness of night close in upon the floating soot which hovered over the city."
Historic Pittsburgh - Image Collections - Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection


Too bad those pesky environmentalists had to come along and ruin a perfectly picturesque view.
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On this is Trump is a putz and he certainly doesn't have the ear of pittsburgh nor does he know what pittsburgh wants HAHAHA
 
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