Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, detailed why dependable coal energy is a national security issue during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Burgum’s comments on Thursday came in response to Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV), who emphasized his concerns about the potential for an electricity crisis, especially as “permitting has gotten totally outrageous.”
“We are in an energy crisis in our country, and the first place is actually related to electricity,” Burgum said. “Electricity is at the brink; our grid is at a point where it could go completely unstable. We could be just months away from having skyrocketing prices for Americans.”
Burgum then noted the need for electricity in the artificial intelligence “arms race,” underscoring that wind and solar alone…
