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Doug Burgum: “We're way behind China on the amount of electricity they're…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:38

But now, for the first time in history, we can take electricity and we can convert it into intelligence. So it's flipped. It's no longer knowledge is power. Power is also knowledge. And while we're ahead on the technology. We're way behind China on the amount of electricity they're bringing online. And your strong position to support affordable, reliable energy using our nation's resources, including those across the Department of Interior. Bringing back coal mining, bringing back mining, bringing back timber. (04:38–04:43)

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Claims that the U.S. lags behind China in electricity production.

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