The coal is still there. If we ever need it bad enough, we can still get it.
Correct. All we need is a genuine American President who sees the value of an energy-independent America; and one who will not sell out his/her country for a comfortable bank account in Switzerland or the Caymans.
I am so disgusted by the corruption of our politicians that I could spit. When Clinton dies I will travel to piss on his grave.
Not totally true. We need to have the capital to make the investment to produce the field. No seed corn - no harvest. We may be rapidly approaching the point where the immediate necessity for consuming available energy exceeds the sensibility in investing it to develop future supply.
***The coal is still there. If we ever need it bad enough, we can still get it.***
Years ago, in Tulsa, OK there was an attempt by a coal company to get permission to mine coal from an area that was going to be used for residental housing, befor ethe houses were built.
They were refused and the houses were built over the recoverable coal deposit basicly locking the coal up for generations.
That would require an act of Congress. Clinton put the land on hold using the Antiquities Act, and cannot be undone by an EO from President Palin.