Shitstain Pushing On A String To "Bring Back" Coal, But Utilities Unlikely To Reverse Course
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Trump signed four executive orders designed to eliminate what he sees as obstacles to ramping up coal energy production in the United States, including by opening up public lands for coal leasing. He is also pushing for the fuel to be used to power the artificial intelligence data centers that are expected to be a major contributor to skyrocketing electricity demand in the coming years.
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One energy executive granted anonymity to speak candidly about the orders said they are unlikely to change the long-term outlook for the ailing fuel. “The EO will likely help in the short term to ensure dispatchable resources are retained for some period of time, but long-term investment decisions on assets that last 40 years or more can’t realistically be made on the back of an EO that can simply be reversed in the next administration,” the executive said.
Coal plants are also significantly more expensive to operate than natural gas, wind and solar facilities. Wind and solar surpassed coal-fired generation in the U.S. for the first time last year, and natural gas has been the number one electricity fuel in the country since 2018. “The economics are pretty much impossible already, so adding in trade wars and tariffs would seem to make it even less likely that the Golden Age of coal is upon us,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said in a text message to POLITICO.
One utility and energy consultant, granted anonymity to speak candidly about the orders, questioned why the president remained focused on coal despite a clear market shift toward natural gas over the past decade. “As much as I love coal, the chief reason it went away is not necessarily regulations. Natural gas and fracking is why coal went away,” the consultant said. “Texas put coal out of business.”
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/trump-launches-last-ditch-crusade-to-rescue-coal-00279245
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In people's private homes. Clean coal is so much better than oil or natural gas.
