From: johnty on
On 25 May, 18:34, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
wrote:
> johnty wrote:
> > On 23 May, 15:15, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
> > wrote:
>
> >>Cheaper than shipping it from Poland.
>
> > Clearly not - economic forces will eventually overwhelm any political
> > agenda.
>
> It was cheaper in the 80's but with fuel costs rising dramatically, not
> now. But Thatcher has made sure it's gone and gone for good.
>


It's still there - you said so. If it was cheaper to mine than
import, private mines would flourish.

From: johnty on
On 25 May, 18:35, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
wrote:

>
> See my smiley, Victor.
>
>

smiley comes after 'smile' not 'shiver'. Don't be ashamed that you
were taken in.
From: Pakistan Meteorological Department on
johnty wrote:

> On 25 May, 18:35, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
> wrote:
>
>
>>See my smiley, Victor.
>>
>>
>
>
> smiley comes after 'smile' not 'shiver'. Don't be ashamed that you
> were taken in.


Have another go, Vic.


--
"Entire units of the Metropolitan Police and the Flying Squad and the
drug squad were Freemasons. They all, in the end, were sent to prison.
When you are bonded by an oath of mutual defence and loyalty, you may
well find that it is extremely difficult to squeal on your corrupt brethren"

Martin Short on BBC Newsnight 19/03/01
From: Pakistan Meteorological Department on
johnty wrote:

> On 25 May, 18:34, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
> wrote:
>
>>johnty wrote:
>>
>>>On 23 May, 15:15, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>>Cheaper than shipping it from Poland.
>>
>>>Clearly not - economic forces will eventually overwhelm any political
>>>agenda.
>>
>>It was cheaper in the 80's but with fuel costs rising dramatically, not
>>now. But Thatcher has made sure it's gone and gone for good.
>>
>
>
>
> It's still there - you said so. If it was cheaper to mine than
> import, private mines would flourish.
>

Well they are, the ones that were bought by private companies.


--
"Entire units of the Metropolitan Police and the Flying Squad and the
drug squad were Freemasons. They all, in the end, were sent to prison.
When you are bonded by an oath of mutual defence and loyalty, you may
well find that it is extremely difficult to squeal on your corrupt brethren"

Martin Short on BBC Newsnight 19/03/01
From: Baldoni on
johnty formulated the question :
> On 25 May, 18:34, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
> wrote:
>> johnty wrote:
>>> On 23 May, 15:15, Pakistan Meteorological Department <P...(a)SIBU.HQ>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Cheaper than shipping it from Poland.
>>> Clearly not - economic forces will eventually overwhelm any political
>>> agenda.
>>
>> It was cheaper in the 80's but with fuel costs rising dramatically, not
>> now. But Thatcher has made sure it's gone and gone for good.
>>
>
>
> It's still there - you said so. If it was cheaper to mine than
> import, private mines would flourish.

The geological position of the coal seams ensure that it is costly to
mine. As you say it is cheaper to import coal. There is a case that
some mines could have been kept open when considering the costs long
term to central and local government.

--
Count Baldoni