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It's a museum. It doesn't say "coal mining is a great technology of the future". It says "here's this thing of the past we used to do". Or do you also expect a paleontological museum to only employ dinosaurs?
I bet WW2 museum employees aren't even real Nazis!
I the US I bet it's like 50/50 if nazi museum workers would be actual Nazis.
A man can dream.
I heard of a really cool project awhile ago where they were proudly sparing no expense. Hopefully nothing went wrong.
Animal Hospital:
I don't, but I wish they did.
I mean, it very well might. Wouldn't be the first museum bankrolled by the wealthiest industry in town. But saving money on electricity costs is a thing a lot of businesses do for their own bottom line while advocating other people stick to the expensive way.
Went to check. Turns out this time it's not the case.
http://kycoalmuseum.southeast.kctcs.edu/about_us/index.aspx
I don't see anything in this link explaining who is funding the museum.
Follow-up: http://kycoalmuseum.southeast.kctcs.edu/about_us/index.aspx
Yeah if anything I'd expect a coal mining museum to be way more aware of the impact of their energy source and be more likely to switch to solar.
To be fair, the Confederate Museum is indeed how cool being racist is.
Yes, were are the dinosaur employees?
Ignorance of the past isn’t really an excuse to keep being ignorant of the future.
“It’s a museum” is a reason why people ignored the British outright stealing India’s cultural heritage.
Sure it COULD be a monument to the ignorant usage of petroleum. But why are you so desperate to make it such?