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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
As l have already said, yes, it is a long time since the Mines were closed. But wouldn't it be better for this country on the Job front.
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Not Really
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Britain used to be the pride of great Industries. The mines could do so much, Oil companies spend thousands of pounds in drilling for new oil fields.
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If you haven't noticed, the world oil price is down as well, leading to lost jobs in the oil and gas industry. Also, oil and gas are in much higher demand than coal.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Why cant we do that. At the end of the day, we have young adults that could work at the mines, solving the jobless situation and OAPs could benefit with cheap fuel.
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Mining is skilled, dangerous and most of all deeply unattractive work. You can't just send Job Centre Johnny off underground. It's going to cost millions and take years to train them and for what? Coal mining is a dying industry, and has been since the 1970s. You might as well train them as betamax video repairmen for all the use it'll be.
As for OAPs benefiting from cheap fuel, how many people actually have a proper fireplace at home any more? 85% of homes use gas. You can't burn lumps of coal in a gas boiler.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I cannot see any problems with producing coal in this country.
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There are many. Our deep mines are expensive and inefficient for one thing.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Instead of importing it - we can produce it ourself
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Why would you dig coal out of the ground here for (say) £120/tonne when you can buy it from the open market for £80/tonne?