Off Topic Starmer/ Reeves: last man standing

Ronsafc · Nov 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM

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I think it demonstrates the folly of closing mines in the 80s and 90s when we had millions of tons of coal under our feet.

im not an expert on the mining industry but have a couple of friends who were miners and a mining engineer and we had a conversation on this fairly recently. Given a lot of mines in the NE went under the sea (Ellington the last Northumberland put went out 7 or 8 miles under the sea I was told, Durham mines likely the same I would guess) it would be pretty nigh on impossible to reopen them due to flooding and there would be tonnes of damaged and obsolete machinery in the way that was left when they were closed.

However, you do raise a good point and perhaps if the tories hadn’t been in such a rush to close them for political reasons, cleaner technologies could have been developed to ensure the burning of coal wasn’t as harmful to the environment. Who know s but if a fraction of the money that has been spent on nuclear was spent on developing cleaner coal burning the country may have been in a different position in terms of energy usage today.

Given, the effects of climate change (I’m looking at a flooded garden which previously hasn’t flooded) we need to be moving to more greener energy production before it’s too late. Perhaps listen to scientists and experts?

A mix of nuclear and renewables and a move away to less reliance on fossil fuels is just common sense imho given the effects of climate change.

Of course Reforms fossil fuel backers (look at Farage’s mate Trump entertaining the Saudis last week as another example) see things differently and it is interesting watching people become climate change deniers, taking their lead from Farage, which again for many, if not us all, would be massively against our better interests.
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I agree about listening to scientists, which seem to say it's alright for China, India etc to open coal mines, but not ok for West. There will still be plenty of open cast sites available though

Ronsafc · Nov 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Northumberland Rocks said: ↑

Interesting post? I take it you haven’t listened to Labour MP ian Lavery?
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Have not even heard of him

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