<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>greendesk</author><text>It is a perception issue; apparently coal miners are swayed to believe a people decided to close coal mines.&lt;p&gt;For some people, it is easier to perceive that a bureaucrat is against your industry, as opposed to find out that the economic value created is exceptionally low. 
When a person loses a job, it will be heartbreaking for the person to realise the job performed earlier has low economical value.&lt;p&gt;Telling someone &amp;quot;We do not need your services anymore&amp;quot; is harder than telling &amp;quot;Well, all those bureaucrats that live elsewhere decided it...&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I do think that economic value of coal is low and it is economically swapped out for other sources.</text><parent_chain><item><author>matwood</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure why everyone thinks Obama killed coal. Cratering natural gas prices are what killed coal. So short of artificially raising the price of nat gas, coal is not coming back regardless of who is in charge.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;reason.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;natural-gas-ambush-killed-off-coal-minin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;reason.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;natural-gas-ambush-killed-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oilprice.com&amp;#x2F;Energy&amp;#x2F;Energy-General&amp;#x2F;Cheap-Natural-Gas-To-Spark-Another-Wave-Of-Coal-Plant-Retirements.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oilprice.com&amp;#x2F;Energy&amp;#x2F;Energy-General&amp;#x2F;Cheap-Natural-Gas-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/myron-ebell-trump-epa.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>pmorici</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not like Obama did nothing that effected coal.  The industry lost over 83k coal mining jobs during the last 8 years.  Hillary lost Pennsylvania, a big coal mining state, by 68,236 votes.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&amp;#x2F;technology&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;coal-obama-federal-land&amp;#x2F;424422&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&amp;#x2F;technology&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;coal-o...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;dailycaller.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;obama-kept-his-promise-83000-coal-jobs-lost-and-400-mines-shuttered&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;dailycaller.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;obama-kept-his-promise-830...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>matwood</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure why everyone thinks Obama killed coal. Cratering natural gas prices are what killed coal. So short of artificially raising the price of nat gas, coal is not coming back regardless of who is in charge.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;reason.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;natural-gas-ambush-killed-off-coal-minin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;reason.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;natural-gas-ambush-killed-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oilprice.com&amp;#x2F;Energy&amp;#x2F;Energy-General&amp;#x2F;Cheap-Natural-Gas-To-Spark-Another-Wave-Of-Coal-Plant-Retirements.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oilprice.com&amp;#x2F;Energy&amp;#x2F;Energy-General&amp;#x2F;Cheap-Natural-Gas-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/myron-ebell-trump-epa.html</url></story>