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LondonRoad · 13-03-2009, 13:58

Officially the strike ended when the NUM declared it ended. The reality was different.

The way that energy prices fluctuate mothballed mines could have been cost effectively brought back into production. There has been quite a few recent periods when it has been cheaper to produce electricity using expensive imported coal than our own gas. Future generations will be cursing us when foreign powers are holding us to ransom for poorer quality coal than we have under our own feet.

Only last year UK coal were considering opening a pit that they mothballed only 2 or 3 years earlier. I can't remember if they did or not but I remember reading that the pit in question had less reserves than some pits that were closed and not mothballed over the past 20 years.

13-03-2009, 13:58	#47
LondonRoad Inactive Join Date: Nov 2007 Services: 30mb BB, XL TV, V+, TiVo, talk unlimited. Posts: 4,143	Re: The Miner's Strike - 25 years ago yesterday.. Officially the strike ended when the NUM declared it ended. The reality was different. The way that energy prices fluctuate mothballed mines could have been cost effectively brought back into production. There has been quite a few recent periods when it has been cheaper to produce electricity using expensive imported coal than our own gas. Future generations will be cursing us when foreign powers are holding us to ransom for poorer quality coal than we have under our own feet. Only last year UK coal were considering opening a pit that they mothballed only 2 or 3 years earlier. I can't remember if they did or not but I remember reading that the pit in question had less reserves than some pits that were closed and not mothballed over the past 20 years.