Re: 181 turbine Wind plan approved

make it 18000 windmills.
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On 17 Feb, 11:53, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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xnich...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In the case of coal mining, the existing workforce should be offered
jobs

By whom ?

in new renewable plants

What 'renewable plants' ?

with no loss of pay.
If there'd been any sort of coherent energy policy in the 1980's
that's exactly what could have been offered to mining communities in
Britain.

If Thatcher hadnn't wanted to kill of the NUM what makes you think we
wouldn't still be using
coal for electricity generation instead of gas ?

Instead, communities were smashed, pit-heads wrecked and a whole
generation of skilled workers were thrown on the scrap-heap.

Do please explain what those skills were !

Graham


Look at a map sometime. Where are the new wind farms being sited?
How far are they from former coal mining areas?

If Thatcher hadnn't wanted to kill of the NUM what makes you think we
wouldn't still be using
coal for electricity generation instead of gas ?

So Thatcher was some kind of premature ecologist?
As it turns out, despite gas-fired power generation, coal imports are
rising and have been for years. Most of that is shipped half-way
around the world from Australia and South Africa, which in terms of
energy efficiency is crazy.
The official figures for recoverable coal reserves in the UK are
deeply suspect, because they include only the working mines.
In fact, the coming shortfall in oil and gas could be met from
domestic coal reserves. In terms of the Global warming issue, British
coal production is essentially a non-issue.
The key arena is the US and China, which need to reduce their coal-
based electricity generation drastically.

Instead, communities were smashed, pit-heads wrecked and a whole
generation of skilled workers were thrown on the scrap-heap.

Do please explain what those skills were !

Do you think miners are unskilled labour?
There are electricians, people who operate massive tunelling equipment
and understand health and safety issues.
Do you imagine those sort of skills couldn't have been employed in
heavy engineering work? Like constructing off-shore wind projects,
instead of doing casual building work, or stacking shelves in Tesco?
Yet I've met ex-miners who weren't allowed on the Channel Tunnel
project because they were on a blacklist.



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