TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 19, 2015, 01:38:14 AM » |
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« edited: December 19, 2015, 01:49:42 AM by TheDeadFlagBlues »
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This is such a telling graph..
As my knowledge of energy politics in the UK is limited, I can't say much but UK's energy mix strikes me as being quite similar to the energy mix in the US yet we've seen nothing on the scale of the coal pit closures in the UK up until recently, with the discovery of plentiful shale gas. That, combined with the increased importation of coal to the UK, leads me to believe that there was something distinctly political about the wholesale destruction of coal mining. I know this isn't a novel point but it is stunning to an outside observer that energy policy could be driven by crass political self-interest alone rather than, you know, prudence.
just ugh...
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