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the last big coal fired power station closes today marking the end of 142 years of coal fired electricity generation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o



so sad

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I'm just glad the likes of India, China, Russia, and the USA have joined us in banning coal power stations.

Haven't they?

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IDFIMH

as we no longer mine coal we neednt import any now


BTW, steel production ended yesterday too ............Iron and Steel gone

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Don't they still have blast furnaces at Scunthorpe? Aren't they changing to electric arc furnaces at Scunthorpe, Teeside and Port Talbot?

Port Talbot shut yesterday, scunthorpe is next

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The government forced them to close the coke ovens at scunthorpe 2 years ago so they have to import chinese coke and this is problematic so they are desperately trying to get the government to give them a grant to convert either to DRI or electric arc but most likely steel making will cease and we will start importing semi finished steel from China for use in the rolling mills which is also a problem because Scunthorpe produces the best rail steel in the world which the french, germans,Italians etc rely on

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Saw a comment recently somewhere that said in 2024 more coal will be burnt than any previous year.

But of course, those fumes will never reach the UK.

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IDFIMH

Good job Scargill shut the pits cos theyd close now anyway

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most