Don't believe the hype. Coal employs fewer people than McDonald's - The Guardian

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Don't believe the hype. Coal employs fewer people than McDonald's The Guardian 'Anyone who has ever seen an open cut coal mine will understand why they don't create a lot of jobs. Work that was once done by men with picks and shovels is now done by explosives and enormous machines.' Photograph: Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images.