Not according to my math. I got 9 billion tons of coal produced under Bush(2001-2008), 8.5 billion tons under Clinton(1993 - 2000), and 7.9 billion tons produced under Obama(2009-2016). Coal production has been falling under Obama.ROCKMAN wrote:Or wondering if the president-elect will steal President Obama's record of more US coal produced in history?
clinton presidency 1993-2000
us coal production(thousand short tons):
1993: 945,424
1994: 1,033,504
1995: 1,032,974
1996: 1,063,856
1997: 1,089,900
1998: 1,117,500
1999: 1,100,400
2000: 1,084,000
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total: 8,467,558,000 tons
bush presidency 2001-2008
us coal production(thousand short tons):
2001: 1,127,700
2002: 1,094,300
2003: 1,071,800
2004: 1,112,100
2005: 1,131,500
2006: 1,162,800
2007: 1,146,600
2008: 1,171,800
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total: 9,018,600,000 tons
Obama presidency 2009-2016
US coal production(thousand short tons):
2009: 1,074,900
2010: 1,084,368
2011: 1,095,628
2012: 1,016,458
2013: 984,842
2014: 1,000,049
2015: 896,941
2016: 735,919*estimated
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7,889,105,000 tons
Primary Coal Production 2014
US coal production 2010-2016