There were people who said it was stupid when President Taft said the President should have automobiles for transportation. One of them being his predecessor, T. Roosevelt.
The point of the coal-burning stove trailing behind is that coal is used to generate electric power. Payne ignores the fact coal’s share in electricity generation has been dropping for years:
While it has largely been supplanted by natural gas, we can see from the chart above that wind has also been gaining share over the past several years.
hoot1 almost 3 years ago
Stupid continues…
flpmlp almost 3 years ago
Now the liberals complain and they elected him!
Lou Nattic, né Stan C almost 3 years ago
Is there supposed to be a message here?
BE THIS GUY almost 3 years ago
There were people who said it was stupid when President Taft said the President should have automobiles for transportation. One of them being his predecessor, T. Roosevelt.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/white-house-mobility-1909-white-model-m
Interestingly, one of the first White House cars was a 1909 Baker Electric. Here’s a little history about it from 3:15 on:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OhnjMdzGusc
Redman062965 almost 3 years ago
Payne likes his presidential limos colored Orange…like a big fat orangutan
ncorgbl almost 3 years ago
Payne, 120 years ago you were the one who yelled at people “Get a horse!”
DrPawl almost 3 years ago
The point of the coal-burning stove trailing behind is that coal is used to generate electric power. Payne ignores the fact coal’s share in electricity generation has been dropping for years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_power_in_the_United_States#/media/File:U.S.annual_electricity_generation_by_energy_source_in_1970_through_2019(49882975922).png
While it has largely been supplanted by natural gas, we can see from the chart above that wind has also been gaining share over the past several years.