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Taf · 08-10-2022, 17:11

The miners' strikes of 72 and 74 showed that there was too much militant power they could muster. So the mines finally closed in 85, as it had been far cheaper to import coal from Poland and other places.

And yes, it did hold onto stocks we might really need at some point in the future. Sand-bed furnaces and CO2 scrubbers were not ready, but they are now.

08-10-2022, 17:11	#1509
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,832	Re: The energy crisis The miners' strikes of 72 and 74 showed that there was too much militant power they could muster. So the mines finally closed in 85, as it had been far cheaper to import coal from Poland and other places. And yes, it did hold onto stocks we might really need at some point in the future. Sand-bed furnaces and CO2 scrubbers were not ready, but they are now.