... morning? I would say that the answer to that is a resounding "yes". But don't ask me when they can finish it. I'll set a target. 2040. -- John Wright "What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin

...in my life time. With a poor international security situation and lack of interest in green power sources I can see a future for coal. I'm not sure, however, that we'd get many miners in the UK now though. We may well have to import them from abroad. ...

...>>> You can't realistically manage coal mining in the way you manage... isn't the prices of coal and other energy sources on ... On the whole I'm not a fan of micromanaged socialism,... should have no say; and Not no say. Just that knowing ... hostile take over bid does not necessarily equip somebody to second ...(c) those who know about coal, geology, engineering, marketing, logistics, man-...

... <ericjarvis@gmail.com> wrote: You can't realistically manage coal mining in the way you manage manufacturing, or banking. It isn't the prices of coal and other energy sources on a specific day that matter, it'...) should have no say; and (c) those who know about coal, geology, engineering, marketing, logistics, man-management, H&S, employment law, ...

Alang wrote: ... There are plenty of other state subsidised jobs that put much less back into the economy than coal mining did. The mines at least stimulated the local economies to the extent they could support companies producing equipment for international markets. There are plenty of economic studies that show keeping the mines open even with a subsidy was more beneficial to...

....230937cce4b8c0f49898e0@news.motzarella.org... What would have happened to the coal industry if the Govt had withdrawn subsidies? Do you think ... employment, and they could even pay people to take the coal off them - all for less than the cost of the nuclear ... running costs of a nuclear station are far less than a coal-powered one. Plus, I'd never believe anything that came out ...

... in my life time. With a poor international security situation and lack of interest in green power sources I can see a future for coal. I'm not sure, however, that we'd get many miners in the UK now though. We may well have to import them from abroad. ...

...AIUI, fusion is relatively *much* cleaner than fission in terms of nasty waste products. Since fusion power does not yet work, any assessment of its waste products in practice is rather speculative. I'd have ... the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin

... we need power stations than can use fuel which is readily available and the UK is sitting on lots of coal. We're also sitting on lots of chairs - have these politicians no imagination? I'm all ... genes from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin

...22:02:28 +0100, Brimstone wrote: <snip> Thus we need power stations than can use fuel which is readily available and the UK is sitting on lots of coal. We're also sitting on lots of chairs - have these politicians no imagination? I'm all for burning politicians in power stations, although many are fatty with a high calorific value, there ...