I get news feeds from various sources including the local conservative newspaper (on the theory of knowing what they're up to helps me know how to argue with them). This morning their link to the main weekly story read:
Decline and fall of coal
Environmental regulations hammer last nail into coffin of a proud mining community.

Which, yes, but as has been stated by others before, the rise of the car put an end to the once proud buggy whip community.

Contrast this with BBCNews which had, under Autos, an article about a Welsh (speaking of once proud mining communities) startup for a new car. The only moving parts are the wheels; it's run on a hydrogen fuel cell.

Now, I admit, I've seen the Hindenberg footage and hydrogen worries me a little, but the car is cute and if I had the cash, I'd definitely be interested for DC driving.