As a resident of the coal fields in southern Illinois, I have long been aware of the dangers of coal mining. 111 miners were killed in my hometown of Centralia, Illinois in one of mining's greatest U.S. disasters. 3000 miners have died in those Illinois coal fields in the last 100 years! The same mine owner there owned Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine that left 6 miners to die. Now the same mines owners who refuse to implement safety measures want America to trust their Clean Coal technology that will pump carbon dioxide under the ground without any guarantees they can contain this deadly gas. Let's hope they are more successful at this than nature was in 1984 at Lake Nyos in Africa, that saw a CO2 eruption that instantly suffocated over 1,700 people. Such sequestration facilities are planned near urban areas by companies whose reputations for worker safety are pathetic. You allow them to bring such technology to your town at your own risk. It will be brought to you by mining company lobbyists and shills from the US Energy Department. Like mine workers, you are only the means to an end.