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Looking for a Coal Job? Better Work on Those PlayStation Skills
- Modern miners need more brains than brawn as efficiency gains
- Trump promised to put Appalachian coal miners back to work
In today’s “QuickTake,” Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn takes a look at controversies behind the use coal. She speaks on 'Bloomberg Markets.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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While on the campaign trail in West Virginia last year, Donald Trump donned a hardhat and pantomimed digging coal with a shovel. The coal miners in the audience would soon be back to work, he promised: “Get ready, because you are going to be working your asses off.”
The only problem: Coal miners no longer swing a pickax or wield a shovel. While coal companies are hiring again, executives are starting to search for workers who can crunch gigabytes of data or use a joystick to maneuver mining vehicles hundreds of miles away.