Coal, a major B.C. export, suffers from a global glut and falling prices. Sound familiar?
Hey kids, wouldn’t you really rather get a lump of coal this Christmas? That’s the message from the B.C. government, which sent out this rather odd email to reporters late Friday (excerpt)…
Stuff your stockings with B.C. coal
VICTORIA – No matter whether you light the menorah, trim the tree or setup the Festivus Pole, your holiday activities likely have a connection to a lump of coal mined right here in British Columbia.
From the planes, trains and automobiles that are used to transport holiday gifts, to the stores where those gifts are sold – they all require steel. That steel is made using metallurgical coal.
Planning to drive to the mall over the holidays? There are approximately three million cars in B.C. and it takes roughly 630 kilograms of metallurgical coal to produce a single vehicle.
Nothing says Canadian winter like lacing up the ice skates for a game of hockey. The steel blades that make breakaway goals possible start out as metallurgical coal.