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Recently they've been powered up and producing a bit.

However, it was not to be hot and ready for a cold spell or strong winds, and prices were quite low.

It was to run down coal stocks in their yards, which will be practically worthless after the decommissioning.
 
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only for people who are interested in cleaner air, less carbon emissions, and lower energy costs.

Not you, then.

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JohnD said:
only for people who are interested in cleaner air, less carbon emissions, and lower energy costs.

Not you, then.

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Or it could have sat there leaching nasties out. Or we could bury it.... Or or, get a grip, really!
 
JohnD said:
Recently they've been powered up and producing a bit.

However, it was not to be hot and ready for a cold spell or strong winds, and prices were quite low.

It was to run down coal stocks in their yards, which will be practically worthless after the decommissioning.
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Are we really doing that badly John, really?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rees-to-end-reliance-on-coal-stations-by-2038

Germany has agreed to end its reliance on polluting coal power stations by 2038, in a long-awaited decision that will have major ramifications for Europe’s attempts to meet its Paris climate change targets.

The country is the last major bastion of coal-burning in north-western Europe and the dirtiest of fossil fuels still provides nearly 40% of Germany’s power, compared with 5% in the UK, which plans to phase the fuel out entirely by 2025.

After overnight talks, the German coal exit commission of 28 members from industry, politicians and NGOs, which has worked since last summer to thrash out a timetable for ditching coal power, agreed an end date of 2038. A review in 2032 will decide if the deadline can be brought forward to 2035.
 
JohnD said:
only for people who are interested in cleaner air, less carbon emissions, and lower energy costs.

Not you, then.

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You should be thankful for Margaret Thatcher

Who virtually decimated the dirty coal. Industry in the UK
She cleaned up the environment for you

As she said in the 80s we have a full repair lease on the planet

Summit like that a ny way
 
What about the Australians they are burnng coal

Then there are the krauts

Romanians as well
 
transam said:
What about the Australians they are burnng coal

Then there are the krauts

Romanians as well
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Mostly it's China and India with coal. Poland is probably the heaviest EU member I believe.

We are ahead of the curve on getting rid of coal. The cost of renewables is so low coal can't compete anymore, ignoring the carbon and pollution they pump out.

What boggles my mind is that there are still coal plants being planned and built in other countries. Massive, expensive up front costs to install something that needs to be shut down as soon as possible.
 
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