[anotherdubya]

"particularly coal (Texas currently ranks fifth in annual production)"

Most Texans don't know that coal(lignite) is produced in Texas...there are mines from San Antonio to Texarkana. Approxmately 50% of Texas power comes from coal, most of which in mined in Texas.

[ladtx]

Approxmately 50% of Texas power comes from coal, most of which in mined in Texas.

I just recently sold a house and moved from Marshall where there are huge lignite mines all around the area. It was quite surprising to me when we first moved there in 1990.