Keeping America Secure through Natural Resources

Rural and suburban America showed up to the polls and with their vote, said enough is enough and we need a change.  I don’t think the change the democrats had in mind are the same ones that the voters had.  The changes that citizens of America are looking for are many, however as an industry we know that our country needs affordable/reliable energy, and we have been given a tremendous opportunity highlight the importance of coal and that it is critical to the wellbeing of our citizen and country.  The truth is the average citizen does not know why coal is important and that coal is so much more than energy, it is required for our very basic needs.

I look to a word that that has created much chaos in the energy industry, “transition”. Transition has been used to signal the leaving of our country’s reliable base-load power for boutique green energy products. The energy transition created winners and losers; Those on the side of green energy created fear and angst that the world was coming to an end, and we must act today to ensure that future generations have a world to live in. As we rushed head-on into the transition what we failed to recognize is the globe was not ready to transition. In America we had created numerous roadblocks in the production of critical minerals needed for said “transition” making us rely on foreign nations for our mineral needs. America demonized “coal” and moved quickly to remove it from our existence through policy regulation all in the name of a transition.

As we look ahead to the coming years we must work together and to the extent that change is a net positive to society, change is something that should be welcomed. At the same time, people and policymakers should be attentive to the risk of net negative change, in which the costs from that change exceed its benefits.  And even when change is a net positive to society, it’s appropriate to manage change such that change is evolutionary rather than transitional, with the goal of minimizing disruption and maximizing the opportunities it can create.  The point is that the game-changing innovations that comprise clean energy in our society still need time to mature and develop a solid infrastructure. Therefore, the coal industry, which was part of the foundation that built our country, will still be a key element in keeping the energy pipeline full and flowing for many years and decades to come.

Our countries natural resources must be supported to keep our country healthy and vibrant.

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