A Washington, DC, tourist ran out of battery power on a remote West Virginia road on Friday, and West Virginia coal miners came to the stranded driver's aid. A picture of the rescue, showing coal miners pushing a disabled electric car, went viral over the weekend.
According to Tucker County State Republican Sen. Randy Smith who chronicled the event on Facebook, the road was near a coal mine on Mettiki Coal access road US 48, a few miles outside of Davis, West Virginia.
Smith wrote, "Today at our mine off Corridor H an electric car from DC ran out of battery at the road entrance to the mine," noting that the EV was stopped in the middle of the haul road, and was an impediment to incoming traffic.
The good Samaritan coal miners quickly realized that the vehicle could not be towed since the bottom of the car was all plastic with nothing to hook onto. They were able to push the vehicle up the road to the mine so that the driver could recharge the vehicle.
Smith said of the picture of the five coal miners and driver pushing the vehicle, "If you look closely you can see our coal stockpile and load out in the background."
"This just shows you coal miners are good people and will go out of their way to help anyone friend or foe," Smith added. "I’m honestly glad they ended up where they could get some help because they couldn’t get a tow truck to come and this is out in the middle of nowhere."
Smith also wrote that the miners gave the driver a "Friend of Coal" license plate as a souvenir.
While advocates of green energy have attempted to shift away from natural energy resources such as coal, oil, and natural gas, they often neglect to mention that electricity often comes from power plants that run on fossil fuels.
General Motors CEO admits electric vehicle is charged on natural gas.
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In June, General Motors spokesperson Kristen Zimmerman was roasted on social media platforms after a video emerged of her extolling the virtues of the Chevy Volt and then acknowledging that the electricity for the vehicle came from a natural gas powered plant.
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