Grandad.Malky Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 This seems to be the one bug bear for a lot of people but was it not likely that competition from other sources would eventually have brought about the same end. Did it have a future, really? Can Britain go back to coal? By Finlo Rohrer BBC News Online It's black, dirty and desperately unfashionable, but without it the UK may be heading for winter blackouts. Could coal really be the future of British energy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Can Britain go back to coal? Now yes, but back then no. It was too expensive to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 And closed all the mines!!!! I thought that might liven things up a bit! The question was "what did she do for sheffield"...well she did close mines. Whatever the right or wrongs and economics of it all! She did, and that's what people will remember about her, irrispective of any other arguments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy Jnr Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Can Britain go back to coal? The report isn't exactly a thumbs up for the industry. Other than the miners union it reads as a bad proposition and would appear to be a reverse turn as far as clean energy goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuy Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I wish we'd get out of this mindset of "what did so and so do for me?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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