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Krauthammer column all gas

Sun., Dec. 27, 2015

After reading Charles Krauthammer’s Dec. 19 column, I wondered if he realizes that in the last four years the cost of natural gas has dropped precipitously due to an oversupply. It is wrong to suggest that President Obama has gutted the coal industry. The capitalist market has gutted the coal industry because it is less expensive to use natural gas. It is often Krauthammer’s goal to deride Obama and when doing so, he never lets facts get in the way.

Jane Mark

Newman Lake

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