Wyoming producing coal is the only one that surprised me. I always associated coal with the Appalachians, i.e. Pennsylvania. Also, I figured Wyoming's population is small enough that the industry wouldn't be too mature there
You should see the coal trains out in Wyoming, rolling along under those wide open skies. Also Bloomberg's "From The Ashes" documentary about coal talks about Wyoming coal.
Ditto. The term "coal country" refers to PA, WV, KY, etc. Wyoming is about the last place I would've thought of as a coal producer. Probably more a function of the Appalachians being TOO mature, I'd guess. All the easy-to-get coal was mined there long ago, I suppose.
The North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, US, is currently the world's largest coal mine by reserve. In 2013, there were 17 active coal mines in Wyoming, which produced 388 million short tons, 39 percent of all the coal mined in the US, and more than three times the production of second-place West Virginia.
It is also called Panama Red or Maui Wow-ee. Please accept Panama and Maui as US States. Also, Thomas Jefferson farmed hemp and was clearly baked out of his gourd when writing the Declaration of Independence. Please accept this doobie I am passing you in lieu of any answer.
Yeah, I only knew that because they don't weatherproof their turbines, and recently they had a cold day, and they all froze and basically the entire state had a black out. 35% of the grid is the number I heard, wild.
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