Comment by matwood

I'm not sure why everyone thinks Obama killed coal. Cratering natural gas prices are what killed coal. So short of artificially raising the price of nat gas, coal is not coming back regardless of who is in charge.

http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/11/natural-gas-ambush-killed-...

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Cheap-Natural-Gas-...