oowee Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 The rise of renewable energy has been so fast that the closure of the last coal fired power station in the UK can be brought forward to this week. The first major nation in the world to end coal fired generation is a milestone. The UK leads the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 3 minutes ago, oowee said: The rise of renewable energy has been so fast that the closure of the last coal fired power station in the UK can be brought forward to this week. The first major nation in the world to end coal fired generation is a milestone. The UK leads the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o in the WOKENESS stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedward Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Virtue signalling in the extreme, watch China tremble and follow suit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Don't worry. China will have built another couple by the end of the week 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Yes, the switch from cheap-ish coal towards more expensive gas and renewables should put the final nail in the coffin for steel production in the UK, yes we do seem to lead the world in stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Hello, Google the list of World coal reserves , Even Germany is recommissioning coal fired power stations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 13 minutes ago, old'un said: Yes, the switch from cheap-ish coal towards more expensive gas and renewables should put the final nail in the coffin for steel production in the UK, yes we do seem to lead the world in stupid. As of yesterday it already has done port talbot gone tata to build a new one india so we can import steel very kind of them. I doubt very much the electric furnaces they say are coming in the nxt three years with compensate loss of jobs and production. Not looking good for s****horpe now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, oowee said: The rise of renewable energy has been so fast that the closure of the last coal fired power station in the UK can be brought forward to this week. The first major nation in the world to end coal fired generation is a milestone. The UK leads the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o Towards potential economic disaster with no back up plan.🤔 Tell us the best is yet to come? 😅 6 minutes ago, mellors said: As of yesterday it already has done port talbot gone tata to build a new one india so we can import steel very kind of them. I doubt very much the electric furnaces they say are coming in the nxt three years with compensate loss of jobs and production. Not looking good for s****horpe now. Electric furnaces and economic production here?🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 oowee is correct. The UK leads the world in stupidity. Whilst the eco- nutters claim the moral high ground, they do not seem to appreciate that the weather is global and new coal fired power stations in Germany and China, for example, merely replace our own. The only place we are leading is the road to economic ruin. It's embarrassing that these zealots cannot see it. We are quite happy to virtue signal to others, whilst importing oil, gas etc from the very places we scoff at. It is beyond pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Yep, this article about sums future steel production in the UK...https://news.sky.com/story/how-the-end-of-coal-in-the-uk-and-closure-of-port-talbot-steelworks-are-related-13225486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 These clowns just seem to have completed the big UK give away started by the milk snatcher? Laughing stock of the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 16 minutes ago, Gordon R said: oowee is correct. The UK leads the world in stupidity. Whilst the eco- nutters claim the moral high ground, they do not seem to appreciate that the weather is global and new coal fired power stations in Germany and China, for example, merely replace our own. The only place we are leading is the road to economic ruin. It's embarrassing that these zealots cannot see it. We are quite happy to virtue signal to others, whilst importing oil, gas etc from the very places we scoff at. It is beyond pathetic. Yep, just import it 😳😳 so you've no control over the cost, or the supply chain!! Stupidity of the highest quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mice! said: Yep, just import it 😳😳 so you've no control over the cost, or the supply chain!! Stupidity of the highest quality And the 'damaging CO2' is still produced regardless, and added to, by the transportation process. Genius Edited October 1 by Newbie to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 We close the last coal fired power station in Britain in the same month as a massive coal fired power station goes on line in India China are opening up new coal fired power stations all the time. We are sitting on enough coal to provide us with power for the next 1000 years and its FREE we just have to dig it out. Utter madness. Woke stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, oowee said: The rise of renewable energy has been so fast that the closure of the last coal fired power station in the UK can be brought forward to this week. The first major nation in the world to end coal fired generation is a milestone. The UK leads the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o Leads the world in the cost of electricity, absolute insanity and totally wreckless. 1 hour ago, mellors said: As of yesterday it already has done port talbot gone tata to build a new one india so we can import steel very kind of them. I doubt very much the electric furnaces they say are coming in the nxt three years with compensate loss of jobs and production. Not looking good for s****horpe now. Tata are building a brand new blast furnace in India but Govt doesn't mind throwing thousands of steel workers under the bus so they can virtue signal at COP, it is absolutely criminal. Edited October 1 by Weihrauch17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydodger Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Agree totally with all the replies to this post, a total shambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dainty duck Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 (edited) 3 hours ago, oowee said: 3 hours ago, oowee said: The rise of renewable energy has been so fast that the closure of the last coal fired power station in the UK can be brought forward to this week. The first major nation in the world to end coal fired generation is a milestone. The UK leads the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o I worked on the installation of the desulphurizing scrubbing plant there and at Drax power station who I'm led to believe still have two coal fired boilers on emergency stand by ! Edited October 1 by dainty duck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Newbie to this said: And the 'damaging CO2' is still produced regardless, and added to, by the transportation process. Genius Yep, but they'll say their not producing it 🙈 I've worked at a few companies where they have got rid of the saws saying its dangerous and just ordered in the billets cut, disaster because if you need more bar it's three or four days rather than walking to the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Newbie to this said: And the 'damaging CO2' is still produced regardless, and added to, by the transportation process. Genius It puzzles me as to why we appear to have so many geniuses here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 (edited) Is the same as the ULEZ in London. An old lady with a ten year old car can't drive it 5 miles once a week to get her shopping and has had to scrap it. However, a minicab driver with a car a few years newer is allowed to do a thousand miles or more a week with no restrictions. Or a parcel van working all hours stopping and starting Who is producing the pollution? Because it isn't the old lady but she had to get rid of her car. Edited October 1 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, old man said: It puzzles me as to why we appear to have so many geniuses here? You would be surprised how many 😉👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 5 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Is the same as the ULEZ in London. An old lady with a ten year old car can't drive it 5 miles once a week to get her shopping and has had to scrap it. However, a minicab driver with a car a few years newer is allowed to do a thousand miles or more a week with no restrictions. Or a parcel van working all hours stopping and starting Who is producing the pollution? Because it isn't the old lady but she had to get rid of her car. Ah, another layer of useless politicos that some can't seem to stop voting in? 2 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: You would be surprised how many 😉👍 I gave up being surprised about politicians after my first vote 60 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 2 hours ago, Mice! said: Yep, just import it 😳😳 so you've no control over the cost, or the supply chain!! Stupidity of the highest quality This. The UK can eventually tick that ‘Not Zero’ compliance box. Meanwhile the USA, China, South Africa, India and Russia ramp up their production of fossil fuel energy products to meet the demand for export. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 31 minutes ago, Scully said: This. The UK can eventually tick that ‘Not Zero’ compliance box. Meanwhile the USA, China, South Africa, India and Russia ramp up their production of fossil fuel energy products to meet the demand for export. 👍 Seriously, this could only be here, total disregard for everyone and everything just so that a few can get their names forward? And the real insult to the population is the fact that the responsible few just claim it all on expenses anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted October 1 Author Report Share Posted October 1 6 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, Google the list of World coal reserves , Even Germany is recommissioning coal fired power stations https://www.power-technology.com/news/germany-shuts-15-coal-fired-power-plants/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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