{"id":507260,"date":"2022-11-06T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T14:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bidens-coal-comments-are-divorced-from-reality\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T14:10:36","slug":"bidens-coal-comments-are-divorced-from-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-coal-comments-are-divorced-from-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden&#8217;s coal comments are &#8216;divorced from reality&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e5bd35126c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e5bd35126c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-coal-comments-are-divorced-from-reality\/#Bidens_coal_comments_are_%E2%80%98divorced_from_reality\" >Biden&#8217;s coal comments are &#8216;divorced from reality&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bidens_coal_comments_are_%E2%80%98divorced_from_reality\"><\/span>Biden&#8217;s coal comments are &#8216;divorced from reality&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>JOLIET, Ill. (AP) \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/11\/04\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-chips-and-science-act\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:President Joe Biden\" class=\"link \">President Joe Biden<\/a> on Saturday was criticized by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-manchin\" data-ylk=\"slk:West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin\" class=\"link \">West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a>, a Democratic antagonist and ally, for being \u201ccavalier\u201d and \u201cdivorced from reality\u201d after vowing to shutter coal-fired power plants and rely more heavily on wind and solar energy in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful coal-state lawmaker said Biden&#8217;s words \u201cignore the severe economic pain\u201d for people from higher energy prices and are why Americans \u201care losing trust\u201d in Biden. Manchin&#8217;s stinging rebuke of his party&#8217;s leader comes at precarious time for Democrats on the final weekend of campaigning before <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tuesday's elections\" class=\"link \">Tuesday&#8217;s elections<\/a> that could put Republicans back in power in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin called for a public apology, and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/11\/05\/statement-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-2\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:White House later released a statement\" class=\"link \">White House later released a statement<\/a> saying Biden&#8217;s words had been \u201ctwisted to suggest a meaning that was not intended\u201d and that the president \u201cregrets it if anyone hearing these remarks took offense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden raised Manchin\u2019s ire with his reference to coal power <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-biden-technology-illinois-congress-94185856dae487ae8cfb74ff50cdf0a0\" data-ylk=\"slk:during a speech Friday\" class=\"link \">during a speech Friday<\/a> in Carlsbad, California, to spotlight his $280 billion plan to boost <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-science-technology-united-states-economy-2fa651c540c9869890dfe670bcdcb7ea\" data-ylk=\"slk:the semiconductor industry and scientific research.\" class=\"link \">the semiconductor industry and scientific research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in Massachusetts about a month ago on the site of the largest old coal plant in America. Guess what? It cost them too much money,\u201d Biden said. \u201cNo one is building new coal plants because they can\u2019t rely on it, even if they have all the coal guaranteed for the rest of their existence of the plant. So it\u2019s going to become a wind generation,\u201d Biden added. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden had visited a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-business-environment-charlie-baker-massachusetts-b10a9536314bf09a487f51023c798f0a\" data-ylk=\"slk:former coal-fired power plant\" class=\"link \">former coal-fired power plant<\/a> in Massachusetts in July. The former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset is shifting to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-biden-and-environment-government-politics-13e5d01c3f43c899e39f337d478c1179\" data-ylk=\"slk:offshore wind power\" class=\"link \">offshore wind power<\/a> manufacturing, and Biden chose it as the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking, including in the sweeping climate-and-health law he passed with Manchin\u2019s help in August.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-donald-trump-climate-change-west-virginia-charleston-40b9d85050dc10e5a68d86338d3559e0\" data-ylk=\"slk:promised to revive coal and restore mining jobs\" class=\"link \">promised to revive coal and restore mining jobs<\/a>, but the industry\u2019s decadelong decline continued as utilities increasingly turn to cheaper natural gas \u2014 and now renewable energy such as wind and solar power \u2014 to generate electricity. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/coal\/annual\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Energy Information Administration\" class=\"link \">Energy Information Administration<\/a>, a government agency, reports a yearly average of 39,518 employees at U.S. coal mines in 2021, compared with 91,611 in 2011, 51,795 in 2016 and 42,159 in 2020. Wyoming is the leader in coal production.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a statement that Biden&#8217;s remarks were \u201cnot only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such remarks, Manchin said, &#8220;are the reason the American people are losing trust in President Biden. \u2026 It seems his positions change daily depending on the audience and politics of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, whose <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-health-joe-manchin-congress-government-and-politics-b49ff35910829d15003aaa781438605c\" data-ylk=\"slk:support was crucial\" class=\"link \">support was crucial<\/a> to Biden winning passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included the biggest investment in climate programs in U.S. history, slammed Biden for \u201coffensive and disgusting&#8221; words and said the president owed West Virginia coal workers \u201can im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te and public apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, this is something the president has never said to me. Being cavalier about the coal jobs for men and women in West Virginia and across the country who literally put their lives on the line to help build and power this country is offensive and disgusting,\u201d Manchin. He added that &#8220;it is time he learn a lesson that his words matter and have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Biden was \u201ccommenting on a fact of economics and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>\u201d at a time when the country is undertaking an \u201cenergy transition\u201d that he is working to ensure means \u201cmore jobs and better opportunities. &#8230; No one will be left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EIA projects that coal generation is expected to decline from 22.5% of U.S. electricity in 2021 to 21.1% in 2022, before falling to 19.9% in 2023 -\u2013 the same coal generation share as 2020 when production hit its lowest level in decades, in part because of COVID-19. Natural gas is expected to make up for some of coal\u2019s declining share in 2022 and beyond. Coal produced more than 40% of U.S. electricity though 2011 before a steep decline caused by the fracking boom.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2021, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/manchin-rejects-biden-spending-bill-democrats-election-e7a0ca4c25c686e91cb21e166c44821b\" data-ylk=\"slk:Manchin torpedoed\" class=\"link \">Manchin torpedoed<\/a> Biden&#8217;s big domestic policy bill, leading to a hardball response from the White House to a lawmaker whose vote is crucial in the 50-50 Senate. Biden&#8217;s press secretary called Manchin&#8217;s opposition, first announced on a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> show, as &#8220;a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position\u201d and \u201ca breach of his commitments\u201d to Biden and congressional Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Then, this past summer, Manchin suddenly reversed course and backed a revised bill that became law with only Democratic votes.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Daly reported from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the elections at: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2022-midterm-elections. 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