World Business: New King Coal 11/07/08

Since the 1980's, coal mining in the UK has been regarded by many as a dead industry. Today the UK imports about 70% of its coal. But recently, import costs along with global demand for coal have been rising, as has the price of oil and gas. So the economic viability of British coal has increased, and today, the industry is undergoing something of a renaissance.

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[scottishlowoflow]

STUPID HIPPIES protesting against coal, shame that it's only surface mining

[tjjmcgoun]

fucking green piece, bunch of greasy haired dirty students, not a fuckin clue how this world works. Renewables will NEVER produce enough to repaice coal/oil/ gas. Where does steel come from for these wind turbines, pixie dust, wake up and smell the scent of coal, long live coal

[Gillmeister2465]

Greenpeace...you talk a load of shit. get some fckn pits opened back up cos this country cannot just relay on nuke power and windmills.. i take me hat off to the lads toiling hard at it underground..

[scottishlowoflow]

what planet does the hippie from greenpeace? renewables require lubrication (wind) cleaning (hydro) and general maintainance, he talks as if it was all free when it's built. and never trust a hippie in a suit with blonde crap in his hair

[Sibelius92]

"In Britain there are reserves of about a billion tons" (1.38sec). What happened to the 45 billion reported in the 1950s and again in 1980?

We can't do without coal if we want the lights to stay on.