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Biden Says Coal Plants ‘All Across America’ Will Be Shut Down and Replaced

President Biden said Friday that coal plants are too expensive to operate, and “we’re going to be shutting these plants down all across America” in order to shift to wind power in a comment that drew criticism from the Republican National Committee.

“I was in Massachusetts about a month ago on the site of the largest old coal plant in America,” Biden said at an event in Carlsbad, California, on Friday. “Guess what? It cost them too much money. They can’t count. No one is building new coal plants because they can’t rely on it. Even if they have all the coal guaranteed for the rest of the existence of the plant.

“So it’s going to become a wind generation. And all they’re doing is it’s going to save them a hell of a lot of money and using the same transmission line that they transmitted the coal-fired electric on, we’re going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar power, also providing tax credits to help families buy energy efficient appliances, whether it’s your refrigerator or your coffee maker, for solar panels on your home, weatherize your home, things that save an average, experts say, a minimum of $500 a year for the average family.”

Biden’s comment prompted a response from a Twitter account run by the Republican National Committee, which said, “Joe Biden celebrates coal plant workers losing their jobs.”

Biden added that it is “cheaper to generate electricity from wind and solar than it is from coal and oil.”

“Literally cheaper,” the president said. “Not a joke.”

A Department of Energy report published this summer showed massive job losses in the fuel industry following Biden’s presidential campaign where he pledged to lead the country away from fossil fuels.

The report found that the fuel technology sector experienced job losses totaling 29,271 jobs in 2021, a 3.1% year-over-year decline, with the majority coming in the fossil fuel industry. Onshore and offshore petroleum companies shed 31,593 jobs, a 6.4% decline; the coal industry lost 7,125 jobs, down 11.8% year-over-year; and fossil fuel extraction jobs declined by 12%.

“The DOE jobs report is not only reflective of the broader pandemic slowdown, but also highlights an Administration that has worked overtime on restricting American natural gas and oil production,” Independent Petroleum Association of America spokesperson Jennifer Marsteller told Fox News Digital in an email.

On the campaign trail in 2020, candidate Biden suggested that coal miners facing an economy where their job is potentially phased out should “learn to program.”

“Anybody who can go down 300-3,000 feet in a mine sure as hell can learn how to program as well,” Biden said in New Hampshire at a campaign event. “But we don’t think of it that way. Anybody who can throw coal into furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake.”

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  • Tamirose170 says:

    I can’t honestly say that I know ANY person who voted for Biden. I never saw any of my neighbors with Biden Lawn signs, etc. I’m still in utter dismay when you compare the size of the Campaign Rallies for 2020, it’s like comparing your kids HS concert to Woodstock. Even if there are a handful of folks, liberals they call themselves, climate activist, who despised Trump and his honest but “rough” Tweets – – Why did they not attend the Candidate’s rallies & show their faces w/tshirts, etc about? There is absolutely NO way in the world that Biden won that Election. The fact that they got away with it and since Jan 6th have only PUNISHED the righteous, we’re going to need intervention, prayers & power of the vote. No doubt we have 4000 mules this time around, but we also have Guardian Angels writing down license plate # & video cameras. Hopefully this time around, we were the King and we can say “Check Mate” to their unlawful behavior. We need God and us Patriots/Baby Boomers like never before has American History needed us ~ We HAVE a purpose while we are still drawing breath ~

  • ThePeopleArePissed says:

    Perfect timing, Pedo, exposing your plan to take away more American jobs right before the election.
    I’ll be SO glad when this traitorous criminal is gone.

  • Louis Galmarini says:

    Maybe we’ll just shut this whole current ILLEGITIMATE ‘Administration’ down. ONE TO THE HEAD for ALL of them – DONE!

  • WapitiHunter says:

    LOL! Yes, Hunter is his so and pride and joy. If he only had a brain. Getting hit in the head with a hammer wouldn’t phase this lying moron! He has no clue what he’s talking about. I worked in a Coal-fired power generating station for 25 years. This is one dumb SOB.

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