Welcome to the 19th century 09:53 - Mar 20 with 1242 views | StokieBlue | - Distrust of foreigners - check. - Rule Britannia mindset - check. - New coal mines - check. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/cumbria-coal-mine-woodhouse-colliery-c A totally baffling decision unanimously made by a council of Labour, Lib Dem and Tory councillors. "However we felt that the need for coking coal, the number of jobs on offer and the chance to remove contamination outweighed concerns about climate change and local amenity." SB [Post edited 20 Mar 2019 10:04]
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Welcome to the 19th century on 09:57 - Mar 20 with 1212 views | chicoazul | Welp, the Chinese are building loads of them, and we have to eat somehow. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:05 - Mar 20 with 1183 views | StokieBlue |
Welcome to the 19th century on 09:57 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | Welp, the Chinese are building loads of them, and we have to eat somehow. |
Sorry, my bad, that makes it fine then. SB | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:06 - Mar 20 with 1178 views | footers | Where do I collect my stovepipe hat? Mutton chops shouldn't be a worry, just give me a couple of months. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:07 - Mar 20 with 1178 views | chicoazul |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:05 - Mar 20 by StokieBlue | Sorry, my bad, that makes it fine then. SB |
Well whats your solution? Dont wind turbines for instance require steel, which in turn requires coaking coal? | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:14 - Mar 20 with 1151 views | chicoazul |
How do we generate the electricity needed to power and indeed, make those? I promise you I am not being antagonistic, I am genuinely interested in everyone's opinions on this. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:20 - Mar 20 with 1135 views | BrianTablet |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:14 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | How do we generate the electricity needed to power and indeed, make those? I promise you I am not being antagonistic, I am genuinely interested in everyone's opinions on this. |
What we should actually be doing is creating swamps so we can start to prepare our own sustainable coal. #takebackcontrol | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:21 - Mar 20 with 1131 views | Guthrum |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:14 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | How do we generate the electricity needed to power and indeed, make those? I promise you I am not being antagonistic, I am genuinely interested in everyone's opinions on this. |
Nuclear, renewables. If we're going to use hydrocarbons, gas is better than coal (plus we have decent reserves of it around the UK, the easily/economically extractable coal is mostly gone). Even burning waste (tho that carries problems with pollution). [Post edited 20 Mar 2019 10:22]
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:24 - Mar 20 with 1120 views | baxterbasics | We need to accelerate the fracking, and nuclear. We actually needed a decision on nuclear to have been made 15 years ago but Blair was unable to show any leadership and kicked it into the long grass. Now we are screwed. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:24 - Mar 20 with 1115 views | chicoazul |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:20 - Mar 20 by BrianTablet | What we should actually be doing is creating swamps so we can start to prepare our own sustainable coal. #takebackcontrol |
No what we need to do is create Jurassic Park, bury the dead dinosaurs for 50m years, then dig them up and use them for petrol. Long term option. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:25 - Mar 20 with 1114 views | StokieBlue |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:14 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | How do we generate the electricity needed to power and indeed, make those? I promise you I am not being antagonistic, I am genuinely interested in everyone's opinions on this. |
Coal is just about the worst choice available for generating electricity and as Guthrum has pointed out, coking coal isn't really needed either. SB | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:26 - Mar 20 with 1111 views | chicoazul |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:21 - Mar 20 by Guthrum | Nuclear, renewables. If we're going to use hydrocarbons, gas is better than coal (plus we have decent reserves of it around the UK, the easily/economically extractable coal is mostly gone). Even burning waste (tho that carries problems with pollution). [Post edited 20 Mar 2019 10:22]
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Why is gas better? I agree on nuke and renewables btw but it seems like we dont have the brains for nuke nowadays and have to deal with the French Japanese and Chinese. And again, all those things require steel in the first place. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century (edited) on 10:35 - Mar 20 with 1098 views | Guthrum |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:26 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | Why is gas better? I agree on nuke and renewables btw but it seems like we dont have the brains for nuke nowadays and have to deal with the French Japanese and Chinese. And again, all those things require steel in the first place. |
Ash from coal-burning power stations is nasty stuff - actually radioactive. Gas produces half the carbon dioxide emmissions of coal. Can be piped rather than hauled. Oh, and it's not that we don't have the brains for nuclear, just not the money for building (very expensive) new plants. [Post edited 20 Mar 2019 10:38]
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:37 - Mar 20 with 1086 views | chicoazul |
Welcome to the 19th century (edited) on 10:35 - Mar 20 by Guthrum | Ash from coal-burning power stations is nasty stuff - actually radioactive. Gas produces half the carbon dioxide emmissions of coal. Can be piped rather than hauled. Oh, and it's not that we don't have the brains for nuclear, just not the money for building (very expensive) new plants. [Post edited 20 Mar 2019 10:38]
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Interesting. thanks! | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:38 - Mar 20 with 1084 views | Guthrum |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:37 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | Interesting. thanks! |
Oh, and it's not that we don't have the brains for nuclear, just not the money for building (very expensive) new plants. | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 10:45 - Mar 20 with 1062 views | hampstead_blue | Why the need for coal? That is bonkers. Have those councillors not heard of climate change? They should be put in the stocks...... | |
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Welcome to the 19th century on 12:33 - Mar 20 with 990 views | BrianTablet |
Welcome to the 19th century on 10:24 - Mar 20 by chicoazul | No what we need to do is create Jurassic Park, bury the dead dinosaurs for 50m years, then dig them up and use them for petrol. Long term option. |
You've just described The Cobbold Stand | |
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