Posted on 02/11/2026 8:14:34 PM PST by SoConPubbie
STRENGTHENING NATIONAL DEFENSE WITH RELIABLE COAL POWER: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of War to prioritize long-term Power Purchase Agreements with America’s beautiful, clean coal fleet to ensure military installations and critical defense facilities have uninterrupted, on-demand baseload power.
ENSURING A RESILIENT GRID: President Trump is committed to strengthening the electric grid and believes that beautiful, clean coal plays a critical role in ensuring reliable energy, national security, and economic stability.
MAKING AMERICA ENERGY DOMINANT: President Trump believes it is vital for America to be energy dominant and energy secure.
This is a fantastic idea and I’m glad he’s doing it.
I don’t know how, but to make coal really work well, we need a way to make it way more permanent.
It kills the industry to get closed down every time Democrats come into office. I can’t imagine how they can plan their long term projects....
Great!
Coal is by far the US richest energy source.
We have like 70% of world coal, and the world best quality coal.
I suspect that Obama’s war on coal was made to sabotage US energy and US economy in whole.
We should never give upon our best resource, just because Greta told us to do so.
Wonderful, Mr President! This will help coal states where demoncRATS tried to destroy the coal industry. Something Massie, who use to operate coal mines, could learn from. Hooray, Mr. President.
Ping
I hope this includes CO coal plants these morons are shutting down.
The nations best coal was locked away by Clinton in the Escalante National Monument, to benefit his “friend” and likely benefactor Riade.
Beautiful! The pulse cannot stop coal.
Now, let us brainy bit about bringing back steam locomotives since the diesel electric might be compromised by the pulse.
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
Yes, I am aware of the.
The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and the Bears Ears National Monument by Obama/Biden.
They just hate coal!
I have been there, and it is a huge area with few acres worth of preserving. The rest is just the standard high desert, not worth anything. There is not even a visitor center. I am sure, they could mine most of that coal and nobody would notice.
Obviously the monument was created just to prevent coal mining.
But we still have the world greatest coal reserves besides.
And, like Trump 45, the Monument could be undone, if were to run out of coal elsewhere!
They shut Navajo power plant in Page AZ (Obama).
Certified to 2044!
It was fed by Black Mesa coal mine on Navajo/Hopi Indian reservation.
It was a huge coal mine, so well hidden, you can pass by and never notice.
They even build railroad to ship the coal from mine to plant.
It provided like 40% of Navajo and 80% of Hopi tribal income.
These people are all now on welfare!
Obviously, mother Earth beats Native rights to decent life!
Coal is good.
Montana mines coal, generates electricity which is used in Montana and shipped to the BPA grid in Washington and Oregon and also exports coal into Canada and overseas.
In 1972 at the Montana Constitutional Convention a small tax was assessed on each ton of coal produced and this money was placed into Montana’s Cola Tax Trust Fund which currently is valued at $1,300,000,000.
It can only be tapped by a 70% majority of both Houses and approved by the Governor.
Some of the interest is invested in school structures and long-term infrastructure.
Coal is good!
“I suspect that Obama’s war on coal was made to sabotage US energy and US economy in whole.”
Obama: “I’m not against coal. They can build a coal plant - they’ll just go bankrupt running it”.
Destroy cheap (and cleaner than anywhere else in the world) American Energy and you destroy the American Economy.
And Greasy Gavin Newscum is repeating the lesson in California.
When Obama destroyed West Virginia with his war on coal, why did West Virginia not counterattack and destroy Obama?
Thank you my FRiends. The obvious question is how much coal from America has been shipped to China to power their own powerplants. My own brother from KY said his latest Propane delivery was delayed because of a shortage. Was that and LNG being shipped to China the reason for the delay. This happened to me 3 years ago. I read of reports from Texas of the same thing happening to them at the time.
History:
The true story of the original Hillbilly Elegy. He was born in the Cumberland mountains of Kentucky under the sign of the chained rock. The chained boulder on Pine mountain protected the small town below from disaster. He was born in that little hospital of Pineville. His father who only had an eighth grade education, drove a coal truck down the mountain. Part 1...
Chained Rock | Kentucky Life | KET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXh3MBWTVIs
Yes, it is and kudos to him. This is what winning looks like.
I remember coal kept us warm as little kids in Kentucky and lasted so very much longer than a wood fire. I remember standing in Wilbur and Orville Wright’s home (Henry Ford museum) and looking down at the floor registers and thinking about coal. After being an aerospace designer for much of my life, I was nearly in tears standing in the bicycle shop and seeing the hand planed propeller lying on the work bench.
You left off the '/s'
Steam....nah bro nuclear!
These are 5 megawatts which is what a tier one locomotive makes and fit in a shipping container plenty small and light enough to fit on a locomotive chassis.
https://www.freethink.com/energy/microreactors
I’m talking coal, somebody talking suitcase nuke!
We did have a US military design steam locomotive fleet.
It’s not a Big Boy, a. Challenger, but it hauled cargo and troops, and were also built and delivered to Europe and Asia.
(Knowing what I know of things nuclear, and being a witness to the circus that became the shutdown of Shoreham, NY, power reactor. I would feel queasy transporting a small reactor on a railcar, not to mention the security detail necessary
Good move, no doubt.
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