If we're going to take control of our energy future; if we're going to avoid high gas prices every year, we need an all-of-the-above strategy that develops every source of American energy.--President Obama, March 1, 2012
President Obama keeps talking about an all-of-the-above energy policy, but he apparently doesn't mean it. Coal, the nation's most abundant resource, is not part of President Obama's energy policy. President Obama has worked diligently to introduce policies that lower the use of coal--first in his attempt to institute a cap-and-trade policy for reducing greenhouse gases and second in promoting EPA regulations that require coal plants to add additional environmental equipment or retire. This antagonism toward coal also makes coal-to-liquids technology impossible to use in the United States. So much for a real "all-of-the-above" energy policy.
