Open our own mines again?
105 million tonnes UK coal left at estimate but mostly under the North Sea.
*30 years ago last week the siege of Easington Colliery began. After months of strike action one miner cracked and asked to go back to work. Under prior arrangement with the Police and the NUM it had been arranged for the returning worker to walk in through the front gate. But at the last minute the police decided to shuffle him in via the back door. This caused a pretty nasty riot, with the result being that the police decided to lock down under force the entire little town for 3 weeks. No one in or out. This actually happened in the UK, but you wont ever read much about it anywhere, and who cares now anyway except the wounded party?
Anyway, the miners lost the strike and the colliery closed in I think about 1993. But the coals still down there, loads of it. Future wiser generations may decide to get at it again, who knows?
Don't know why I posted that on here, just seemed interesting in the current climate. We are prepared to potentially front up to Russia, yet use her Gas, Oil and Coal. Sell her folk our finest houses in London, then place embargos on money transfers. Wonder what Putin thinks?