tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post7143736844785121175..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: King Coal Slips Sadly AwayCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84589372744035441562012-12-12T18:06:32.425+00:002012-12-12T18:06:32.425+00:00I have been wondering lately, more much money has ...I have been wondering lately, more much money has been lost down the coal mines since the 1970's, such as mining hardware,such as rails, locomotives, copper wire, coal cutting equipment, signaling equipment, the list can go on, all left at the bottom of the pits and now slowly being crushed, the total amount could well amount to many hundreds of millions, maybe even billions of pounds. The coal industry was highly mechanised not as Arturo would have everyone believe, big sweaty men wield pick and shovel all day long. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33001002572843067592012-12-11T16:47:41.613+00:002012-12-11T16:47:41.613+00:00Lancs, that well-known drought zone!Lancs, that well-known drought zone!Blue Eyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76314805068041901552012-12-11T16:42:35.522+00:002012-12-11T16:42:35.522+00:00Demetrius - unless salt-water is in some strange w...Demetrius - unless salt-water is in some strange way disqualified, I don't see that being a problem in these small islands<br /><br />alternatively, the quantities of gas being talked about would easily finance a very big pipeline from the Lake District to LancsNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31291359380395639722012-12-11T15:38:16.206+00:002012-12-11T15:38:16.206+00:00I believe there may be large coal reserves in Oxfo...I believe there may be large coal reserves in Oxfordshire, some in the vicinity of Chipping Norton. Might this be a reason for not investing in coal? Purely incidentally, fracking needs a great deal of water, where is that going to come from?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40364363253817295202012-12-11T14:55:24.910+00:002012-12-11T14:55:24.910+00:00Coal mining is nasty, hard, very dangerous work. ...Coal mining is nasty, hard, very dangerous work. Fracking is not... and both can cause very minor seismic disturbances. On balance we shouldn't be sorry to see coal go. <br /><br />Lets keep the brass bands though. And let's get fracking. Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14998038163089011862012-12-11T12:55:55.084+00:002012-12-11T12:55:55.084+00:00The fusion pilot, ITER, will be working before CCS...The fusion pilot, ITER, will be working before CCS.<br /><br />And you know my stance: CAGW is a scam; Jonny Foreigner <i>will not</i> look after us; so I'm all for a lump of UK coal in the mix.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20791202979550677152012-12-11T11:20:38.594+00:002012-12-11T11:20:38.594+00:00no: Mandelson (when at the DTI) imposed a short ga...no: Mandelson (when at the DTI) imposed a short gas moratorium (pure gesture politics) but resumed business as usual thereafterNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71076682910553392862012-12-11T11:05:34.333+00:002012-12-11T11:05:34.333+00:00Didn't Labour try to save what was left of the...Didn't Labour try to save what was left of the coal industry by banning new gas stations from being built? How did that work out?<br /><br />Unless we're going to rig the market to force British coal to be burnt ahead of anything else, this is inevitable. We simply can't compete with the open-cast-mined stuff from elsewhere.<br /><br />Maybe we should build a fortress economy in energy, maybe we shouldn't. But we aren't going to have British coal if we don't...Blue Eyesnoreply@blogger.com