In Montana, West Virginia, and the rest of the United States, coal is definitely the electricity source of the foreseeable future.

We've tried it and we should definitely not do it again. I don't think we want to increase our reliance on imports again.

The Republicans will take the blame because it's happening on their watch.

There has been anger at times over high gas prices in Europe, I don't see any growing anger right now.

The future of coal is clean. Of course, coal is presently very clean as well. Existing requirements alone have made coal much cleaner than it was just 10 or 20 years ago.

The environmental and economic costs of wind power will always keep it as a marginal energy source unless it becomes more heavily subsidized by taxpayers than it already is.