Trump Once Promised to Revive Coal. That Was So 2016. | Now, he trumpets oil and gas, and hardly mentions the dirtiest of the fossil fuels.
Trump Once Promised to Revive Coal. That Was So 2016. | Now, he trumpets oil and gas, and hardly mentions the dirtiest of the fossil fuels.
In earlier bids for the White House, former President Donald Trump pledged to get miners back to work. Now, he trumpets oil and gas, and hardly mentions the dirtiest of the fossil fuels.
This is something of a measure of how successful the scale-up of renewables has been; it's now much cheaper to switch to wind, solar, and batteries than it is to burn stuff. Not to mention having the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, which shows up at state regulatory hearings to point this out.
Well he already brought it all back during his presidency right? Steam engines for everyone, coal in the kitchen, coal crips for the kiddy cereal, all the coal things. Right?