The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and analyst Jason Moser discuss topics across the investing world.

Coal exports are now at their highest level since 1991. Jason identifies a few interesting ways to play this increasing global demand for coal -- the Rodney Dangerfield of energy. The video concludes with a discussion of Joy Global, a company that sells the "picks and shovels" to the global coal industry.

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