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From: Baldoni on 28 May 2010 14:54 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
From: RED DEVIL on 28 May 2010 15:42
On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:54:28 +0100, Baldoni <BaldoniXXV(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >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. Is your chippie van coal fired? RED DEVIL |