[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', 'O')r wondering if the president-elect will steal President Obama's record of more US coal produced in history?

[ROCKMAN]

k - Good catch, thanks. Typing too fast...meant exports and not production. According to the EIA coal exports peaked in March 2013:

"Coal exports from the United States in March 2013 totaled 13.6 million short tons, nearly 0.9 million short tons above the previous monthly export peak in June 2012. EIA is projecting a third straight year of more than 100 million short tons of coal exports in 2013, following annual exports in 2011 of 107.3 million short tons and record annual exports in 2012 of 125.7 million short tons."

The previous coal export peak was in 1981. Not as high as in 2013 but still stands out:

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=11751

[kublikhan]

Yeah I screwed up my earlier post on Illinois nuclear vs national renewable as well. Looks like the BTU data included waste heat as well. Like I want to count that! Turns out Illinois only generated about 98k GWh of nuclear, not 300k GWh. Quite a far cry from the nation's 298k GWh of other renewable. Still, this was one example where I was glad to be wrong as I want to see renewables growing.