Joe Manchin actually said...

Even by EIA's own estimation coal is going to be the dominant factor of producing electricity for the next 30 to 40 years.

Manchin cites EIA data to argue for coal's future importance in energy production.

09/16/2013

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I don't know anyone really realizes how much our coal is being purchased. How many of our reserves are being owned by foreign countries such...

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We should be having a more robust portfolio than basically picking winners and losers.

We're going from according to DOE, 2 percent of the world's battery manufacturing to 40 percent within the next 4 years.