Posted on 04/22/2017 12:55:17 AM PDT by Winniesboy
Numbers 1 and 4 are pretty much the same.
How I remember Neil Kinnock, the miners, etc. in the 1980s. I suspect Billy Elliot is now a nostalgia play.
“I am getting tired of this effin s***
sorta like people in Vermont saying that
air conditioning in Texas needs a special tax.
or that people in Hawaii think that
natural gas heat in Texas needs a special tax
or that people in Sweden
think that others should not use cash
f.u.”
Unfortunately, the counter to the environmental Greens and the Communists and Muslims who want to destroy all Western culture is education. It was such an easy, soft and undefended target that it fell before anyone even noticed the attack. If you talk to a young person, for the most part, they are the embodiment of the new non-culture culture. Abortion is a woman’s health subject or a God-given natural right. Global warming is established fact. That white people are evil and need to be punished or at least pay reparations is a given.
It’s hard to fight back when you’ve lost this much territory and potential fighters. Getting government out of education would be a good start, but I don’t see that as being a priority for anybody important to help it happen.
Finally!
Recall just recently when coal ran over those people on Westminster Bridge and attacked the constable! England really did need to take action on eliminating coal.
...oh....what?....not coal?
Never mind....not a problem.
Gas is much less polluting than coal, especially when the metals in coal ash go up the chimney.
Then they would burn wood and other natural substances for warmth, and the air pollution would skyrocket.
The most environmentally clean option is to generate electricity at a plant, where there are pollution controls to prevent particulates and noxious gases from entering the air, and then to pipe the electricity out to the users. But of course, the "environmentalists" don't like the most environmentally friendly option--their goal is not to maintain a clean environment, but to reverse progress and destroy civilization.
Sad.
Coal made England’s wealth & power possible.
James Watt & others shed a tear.
(now let’s see the Greenies do this for a week or a month... in August or February.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q671QIDeH-U Audrey Hepburn’s Wouldn’t It Be Loverly from My Fair Lady
“Lots of caol makin’ lots of heat...”
Britain has probably used coal since neolithic times, and the Industrial Revolution had nothing to do with generating electricity. Any transmission of power in those days was done by mechanical means (driveshafts and belts).
Electricity use on an industrial scale didn't happen until Tesla perfected the use of alternating current.
And maybe get rid of Islam day... that really decreased the likelihood of me ever visiting.
Yes
As it happens, the first new nuclear plant in Britain for 30 years is currently under construction only 25 miles from where I live, and others are planned.
The date specifically mentioned in the report is 1882, when the Holborn Viaduct power station opened. A bit late for the Industrial Revolution, I grant you.
Natural Gas is a lot lower
How much carbon dioxide is produced when different fuels are burned?
Different fuels emit different amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) in relation to the energy they produce when burned. To analyze emissions across fuels, compare the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of energy output or heat content.
Pounds of CO2 emitted per million British thermal units (Btu) of energy for various fuels:
Coal (anthracite) 228.6
Coal (bituminous) 205.7
Coal (lignite) 215.4
Coal (subbituminous) 214.3
Diesel fuel and heating oil 161.3
Gasoline 157.2
Propane 139.0
Natural gas 117.0
The amount of CO2 produced when a fuel is burned is a function of the carbon content of the fuel. The heat content, or the amount of energy produced when a fuel is burned, is mainly determined by the carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) content of the fuel. Heat is produced when C and H combine with oxygen (O) during combustion. Natural gas is primarily methane (CH4), which has a higher energy content relative to other fuels, and thus, it has a relatively lower CO2-to-energy content. Water and various elements, such as sulfur and noncombustible elements in some fuels reduce their heating values and increase their CO2-to-heat contents.
The first AC power station came along in 1886 (the Grosvenor Gallery station) Tesla’s contribution (with Ferraris) was the AC induction motor c. 1888. The 1880s were the decade to be around in if you were interested in the challenges if large-scale power generation.
Instead they burn wood pellets imported from the US. “Biomass” they call it.
3mm. Such a threat! /sarc
Yes, extremely arrogant.
Our surface miners are three times more productive than our deep coal miners. The surface mines are also much safer and it can be done in environmentally friendly ways.
They'd be alarmed over nothing? Please provide proof of higher sea levels....or include a /sarc!😁
Interesting that they don’t mention the numerous very-high polluting mini-diesel generators that now exist to back up every ‘renewable’ power source in Europe.
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