U.S. is not waging 'war on coal': Energy Secretary Moniz

It would benefit us to have a plan to replace the dirtier plants with clean coal replacements. Improving air quality should be a goal no matter what side of the CO2 debate you are on. If you are a die hard carbon alarmist, please keep in mind that directly attacking coal power plants increases are reliance on oil for energy, and it increases energy prices for everyone. Increased energy prices affect the poor and middle class the most. A balanced approach is the best approach.

That West Virginia senator should get his head out the past and worry about moving his state’s huge natural gas reserves into production. When the choice is between coal and natural gas, it’s a no-brainer — and a chance to move WV into the modern United States. Coal is history. that’s not a value judgement — just reality. Simply too high an environmental cost by current standards.

How can we not believe Moniz? Why the same way we can’t believe Sibelus on Obama Care, Hillary on Bengazi, the folks running the IRS, the folks running NSA, and anyone else that follows Obama. Trust your government? Hmmm..

Obama says there is a war on coal so who is this guy to dispute the Imperial Dictator? Obama is the worst possible leader ever in US history. We will be decades if ever recovering from this imperial, despot.

Burning coal while exporting natural gas and oil doesn’t make sense to me, unless we can lower the emissions on coal. And that seems to be what Obama is talking about. If people would shut up and listen for a change maybe we could find a way to pull together and accomplish what needs to be done.

Coal is for fools. Nuclear is for fools. No earthbound energy source can sustain civilization for even 500 years. Solar is the most economical and cleanest source and it will sustain civilization for billions of years. Why would anyone put a dime into any short term energy source? We should burn coal like the cavemen did? Really?

@From_California

•West Virginia ranked third among the States in total energy production in 2010, producing 5.3 percent of the Nation’s total.
•In 2011, West Virginia was the largest coal producer east of the Mississippi River and the second largest in the Nation after Wyoming; the State accounted for 12 percent of the U.S. total coal production that year.
•In 2010, 79 percent (106 million short tons) of the coal that was mined in West Virginia was shipped to other States.
•Coal-fired electric power plants accounted for 96 percent of West Virginia’s net electricity generation in 2011, and renewable energy resources – primarily hydroelectric power and wind energy – contributed 3.3 percent.
•West Virginia typically generates more electricity than it consumes; in 2010, 56 percent of its net electricity generation was consumed outside the State.

Hitting coal now will cripple a rather large section of their economy, their tax base, and their upper middle class jobs (coal miners make upper 80s to 6 digits for their dangerous and hard work). Not to mention the vast majority of their power comes from coal. Are Democrats really that inconsiderate that they would completely destroy an already poor state’s economy, and increase the energy prices at double to triple the rates on its relatively poor population, just to satisfy your own whims?

Who the hell is Moniz? What are his credentials that qualify him im to be the Secretary of Energy bbesides being in need of a haircut.

We should know by now that this administration will say anything to please the relevant audience, without regard for truth or intention.

Funny thing, that hours before Obama’s speech, one of his “science advisers” went on the record with the New York Timesa to say exactly the opposite:
“Daniel P. Schrag, … a member of a presidential science panel that has helped advise the White House on climate change, said he hoped the presidential speech would mark a turning point in the national debate on climate change.
… “the White House is hesitant to say they’re having a war on coal. On the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what’s needed.”

Thus, Obama can mollify the enviro’s by referring to his advisers, and cater to other through Moniz. Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it, too? For this administration, words mean nothing. Their actions are the only thing that matter; and thus far, they’ve betrayed an anti-capitalism, anti-growth, anti-middle class mindset.

The “war on coal’ has just begun.

Speaker12 sums it up very well.

@TheNewWorld

” Are Democrats really that inconsiderate that they would completely destroy an already poor state’s economy, and increase the energy prices at double to triple the rates on its relatively poor population, just to satisfy your own whims?”

Absolutely.

Straight out blantant lies no longer do they even try to hide the fact their lies they just lie right in front of your face and expect you to accept it knowing its a lie!

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has gone up 40% in the last 150 years. It disrupts our climate, impacts our livelihoods, and threatens our health. http://clmtr.lt/cb/t8i09y