Cable Forum - View Single Post - Should the coal mines in the UK be reopened?

17-07-2013, 09:57

The way i see it is that opening mines cannot be financially viable or the people that run mines now would open them .Also if we did go backwards to using coal on a large scale then it would discourage research into other energy sources simply because it wouldn't be as urgent ,Fracking will have the same effect imo .We have recently discovered massive quantities of shale gas that will alleviate the need to import so much gas but that is only a stop gap and in 50yrs or so we will be back to square one panicking about where the 'leccy is going to come from.

17-07-2013, 09:57	#10
martyh Guest Location: newcastle upon tyne Services: Sky Q silver bundle Sky Q 2TB box Sky Q mini box Sky fibre unlimited Sky Talk evenings and week Posts: n/a	Re: Should the coal mines in the UK be reopened? The way i see it is that opening mines cannot be financially viable or the people that run mines now would open them .Also if we did go backwards to using coal on a large scale then it would discourage research into other energy sources simply because it wouldn't be as urgent ,Fracking will have the same effect imo .We have recently discovered massive quantities of shale gas that will alleviate the need to import so much gas but that is only a stop gap and in 50yrs or so we will be back to square one panicking about where the 'leccy is going to come from.