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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
To set against that, the National Grid have warned that we must prepare for blackouts. If that scare is justified, we're as far up shit creek nix paddle as the other countries you've mentioned. Possibly worse because we have no gas storage facilities.
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There's a big difference between "worst case scenario" and absolute certainty.
Germany and the EU are already having to reduce energy consumption.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
The Thatcher Government closed the mines because they were uneconomical, however, after chatting to a retired miner, he says there was plenty of coal left in them and millions of pounds worth of equipment was left down there because it was cheaper than recovering it.
He said that many mines will have flooded by now, so I can't help but wonder if it was a mistake to have closed them in the first place.
The uneconomical cost of mining our own coal will be dwarfed by the now extortionate cost of energy & any loss of gas to industry.
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IIRC Labour closed more mines.