Energy Security. That's Coal.
The United States is home to the world's largest coal reserves. In fact, the energy value of American coal outstrips the energy of all the oil and gas in Saudi Arabia.
Reserves that are safe within our own borders, geographically dispersed and impervious to weather, attacks on the homeland, seismic events and other factors we don't have to plan for, because. . .coal is ours.
We have more recoverable coal reserves-coal that we know where it is and can be mined using today's technology-than any other fossil fuel. At 263 billion short tons, that's enough to last more than 240 years at today's rate of use.
Our total coal resources top a whopping 4 trillion tons. How much energy security is that?
In fact, we have more secure energy from coal than any other fossil fuel. Our relative strength in coal has allowed the U.S. to set free-market supply and pricing policies for domestic consumers. Conversely, our relative weakness in natural gas reserves has left us vulnerable to supply and pricing policies set by the Middle East.
