Patrick Morrisey: “By 2050, we'll be able to generate 50 gigawatts of energy…”

“You look at where West Virginia is now, we have generation of about 15.9 gigawatts of energy. We developed a plan to say By 2050, we'll be able to generate 50 gigawatts of energy coming out of West Virginia. When I first said it, people said, Morrissey's nuts. There's no way they're going to do that. But within a very short period of time, the market started to respond.” (37:02–37:09)

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