You load sixteen tons of number nine coal and the tech bros said well a bless my soul...
Coal Zoom (8/10/25) op-ed: "The highly anticipated Artificial Intelligence revolution in the US is not going to work without coal. And the continuing closure of coal power plants will haunt the United States for decades to come. The US has closed well over 100 GW of coal plants since 2015 and the planned closure of at least 70 more GW by 2030 is resulting in a void in baseload capacity that cannot be met by alternative sources. Only 22 GW of new dispatchable power is expected over that period as more than 90% of planned capacity is solar or wind. This shortfall in baseload comes at a time when the US faces unprecedented demand for power over the next two decades and other sources of electricity are unlikely to even hold their own let alone replace coal. Indeed, given the emerging problems of natural gas (NG), nuclear and renewables, it is much more likely that coal will be needed to partially replace them. In short, the US will only be able to meet projected electricity demand by maintaining current coal plants, expanding their production and unretiring some of the numerous coal units which were prematurely closed by shortsighted energy policies. In fact, given the increasing competition for NG, we are likely to see proposals for the construction of new advanced coal plants as utilities face overwhelming demand for power."
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"Under President Trump’s leadership, America is taking back its place as the world’s energy powerhouse—and now nations will turn to us instead of countries like Russia."
– Daniel Turner, Power The Future
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