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Morlock
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13 years ago

Just on BBC News. 😞

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15587461

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parkus
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13 years ago

Seems to be an article on these accidents every week now. I can't imagine they are happening more often either, just being publicised more.

Seems funny how these accidents are getting reported more often just as there are talks of the future of deep coal mining in the north east.. Tory propaganda I reckon :sneaky: :thumbdown:

Ty Gwyn
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13 years ago

Just under 2500 killed last year in China,

5400 killed in 2008

Whats this talk of Deep Mining up the North East?

Buckhill
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13 years ago

There have been suggestions (initiated by Durham NUM if I remember correctly) over the past two or three years that one or more drifts could be put down to access the extensive offshore reserves still remaining. There was a meeting at NEIMME last year for interested parties but nothing much seems to have developed since.

Aditaddict
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13 years ago

It would sure help the unemployment problem if we opened up mines in any coal rich area's we must be the only country sat on our own energy source
yet buying most of it elsewhere
Open them all back up ,The Tories only closed them to get rid of unions anyway !

stuey
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13 years ago

It's all gone a bit quiet about global warming at the moment.

Perhaps it's because current data doesn't fit their hypothesis by a massive margin.... difficult to explain when there are teeth curling amounts of plant food gas being thrown out by awful capitalist pigs.

Having been around one of the major industrial areas of China, I am not surprised there is not more carnage. The place is utterly bonkers. I'm quite interested in how it would compare to 19th cent UK. Pretty similar, I think.

Ty Gwyn
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13 years ago

Problem being,if they did open a few new mines,
1.What percentage of the unemployed would want to work underground.
2.Where are all the Qualified men going to come from to train the new workforce.

25yrs gap in training will take a long while to fill.

stuey
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13 years ago

Perhaps if we stopped hosing them with so much taxpayers money, they'd want to work down pit.

I imagine if there is anything resembling a resurgence of Brit coal or non EDF power, it will get stamped on by the EU.

Ty Gwyn
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13 years ago

Ha,Ha,give them a shovel and break their hearts

Regarding the EU,its a Dutch firm that now owns Hatfield,
Canadian company Walters Energy that owns Aberpergwm,
And i m sure a Greek shipping firm have the biggest stake in Unity opposite,unless things changed on the last time they floated on the exchange to raise capital.
And if Margan ever comes off,it ll be Indian owned,but that decision has been posponed to next year i gather.

stuey
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13 years ago

#10

Nothing wrong with Europe or Europeans. The EUSSR is an entirely different animal.

Aditaddict
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13 years ago

#11

There are thousands of underground coal fires burning around the world , they contribute 3% of the worlds total Co2 output into the atmosphere including 40 tons of mercury
So why don't they at least try to come up with a method to put out the fires or even extract the gas in front of the fires so at least we benefit from the pollution before it goes into the air ?
There are fires that have been burning for hundreds of years and in one case in Australia for 30,000 years Coal is not a renewable energy source so once it's gone it's gone we should treat it as a precious commodity and not take it for granted !