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UK's Coal Plants To Be Phased Out Within 10 Years (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by Soulskill on from the unwelcome-carbon dept.

AmiMoJo writes: The UK's remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. They will mostly be replaced with gas. Currently, coal provides 28% of the UK's electricity. Japanese/European nuclear plants built in the UK are also expected to contribute. The big question is how to ensure gas plants are built to replace it. Only one large plant is under construction today. Another, which secured a subsidy last year, is struggling to find investors. The government cut renewable energy subsidies earlier this year, which led to questions about the government's commitment to tackle climate change.

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  1. UK government is a shambles by phil.swansborough · · Score: 4, Informative

    Our government has no clue about energy policy. They are a bunch of utter morons tied to lobbyists' interests. They have already agreed a new nuclear with the Chinese that guarantees a 100% rise in energy costs over current prices and have sold (with the help of the BBC) this to the general public as an energy security initiative. My countrymen are fools and the government is made up very much of their ilk.

  2. Re:Typical Liberal Thinking by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coal is worse than gas no matter how you look at it. Mining operations, shipping it around the world, and even with modern plants that have carbon capture it's still just about the most damaging option. And yes, since we have an NHS, they are very expensive.

    Note that the Liberals that you hate so much helped get new nuclear plants built in the UK, even if they are designed by a Japanese company, built by the Chinese and owned by the French.

    There are lots of reasons to dislike the Lib Dems, but your second paragraph is just right-wing ranting, only fit for the Daily Mail.

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  3. Re:Typical Liberal Thinking by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's lots of reasons to dislike all of the parties.

    Thing is though now that the Tories have shed the lib dems, they are showing their true face and engaging in a massive slash and burn spree. I'd say the lib dems were the most under rated party I've ever seen in power.

    To all the defectors who pissed and moaned because the coalition didn't behave like perfect lin dems (no shit, they were the minor party): congratulations, you've now got the government you deserve.

    Trouble is of course, the rest of us are also stuck with the government they deserve.

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