Our last coal power station closes down next year. It’s just south of Nottingham so I see it all the time. They wanted to turn the site into a prototype fusion energy plant (STEP) but the energy crisis meant the coal station had to stay stay open for longer. Luckily STEP is still going to be in Nottinghamshire. Currently it seems like they intend to turn the site into some sort of science and advanced manufacturing park.
James Watt would be sad to hear that Brits stopped using the steam engines finally.
Time to party like it’s 1757
At the same time, China and Germany etc. has increased their coal consumption to x400. Coal 1 – Climate 0.
In many ways, the UK has been a role model for energy transition policies. Boris Johnson also proved that you can be a populist and still take climate change seriously. The progress has been really impressive.
However, Rishi Sunak is much worse on this issue and even if he’s voted out soon the damage has been done. It’s also unclear if Keir Starmer is willing to reverse everything. Boris Johnson had the advantage of having little opposition to the right.
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source:[https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-4-in-2022-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-level-since-1757/](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-4-in-2022-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-level-since-1757/)
Our last coal power station closes down next year. It’s just south of Nottingham so I see it all the time. They wanted to turn the site into a prototype fusion energy plant (STEP) but the energy crisis meant the coal station had to stay stay open for longer. Luckily STEP is still going to be in Nottinghamshire. Currently it seems like they intend to turn the site into some sort of science and advanced manufacturing park.
James Watt would be sad to hear that Brits stopped using the steam engines finally.
Time to party like it’s 1757
At the same time, China and Germany etc. has increased their coal consumption to x400. Coal 1 – Climate 0.
In many ways, the UK has been a role model for energy transition policies. Boris Johnson also proved that you can be a populist and still take climate change seriously. The progress has been really impressive.
However, Rishi Sunak is much worse on this issue and even if he’s voted out soon the damage has been done. It’s also unclear if Keir Starmer is willing to reverse everything. Boris Johnson had the advantage of having little opposition to the right.
Graph looking like a pump & dump shitcoin.
Is the Industrial Revolution over then?
Good for the UK.