UK ends coal power

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'End of an era' as UK's last coal-fired power plant closes
ABC News, 30 Sep 2024 02:02Z
The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom officially
closes down today, book-ending the nearly-150-year history of
British coal power.


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'End of an era' as UK's last coal-fired power plant closes

The U.K. was once the planet's largest producer of coal, but
now their reserves are smaller than the state of West Virginia.

After over 100 years there just plain isn't much left. It used
to be that the street lights of London, the gas street lights,
were fueled by coal gas...

Coal is a strategic mineral. They have to hoard what they've
got left, hold onto it for emergencies.

In terms of BTUs, the United States has more energy stored
away in coal than the nations with the #1 and #2 oil reserves
combined....

It makes a lot of sense for the U.K. to save what coal it has
left, and it makes zero sense for the U.S. to do so.