Coal Might Make U.K. Comeback

The Yorkshire Post Today reports that the rising price of oil and natural gas could mean a comeback for the Yorkshire coal industry:

Now, gas is becoming more expensive every day and equipping coal power stations to clean up emissions looks like a reasonable deal.

British miners are probably the most efficient in the world – and a lot of MPs think it would do New Labour good to do something as old-style socialist as taking the coal industry back under state control in some way.

David Brewer, director of the Confederation of UK Coal Producers, said in Wakefield last week that every dollar on oil made other resources look better and better.

It's important to remember that the U.K. has been in the midst of a serious debate about new nuclear build. And without new nuclear build, the U.K. will indeed be forced to continue to rely on fossil fuels to generate electricity.

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