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The UK has abundant coal reserves, but my understanding is that their natural gas situation is not nearly as secure - does this effectively mean they're choosin
by fiatmoney 11y ago
The UK has abundant coal reserves, but my understanding is that their natural gas situation is not nearly as secure - does this effectively mean they're choosing to become more dependent on Russia (main source at least for continental EU) for LNG delivery?
- rhino369 11y agoThe US is building several LNG terminals for the export of LNG via tankers.
- johansch 11y agoThey are partnering with China to get more nuclear power plants built. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/business/international/hinkley-point-nuclear-plant.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/business/international/hin...
- toyg 11y agoGas is a smokescreen. What establishment lobbies really want is a big expansion of nuclear, which has partially been approved but is still facing strong resistance on the ground. By removing alternatives (they also slashed subsidies for wind and solar), the government is basically leaving the country no choice but to build new nuclear plants.
- pmlnr 11y agoStill way better than relying on fossil.
- jordanb 11y agoI'm no fan of Nuclear but I am a fan of our biosphere. Coal is the absolute most poisonous, most dangerous, and most environmentally destructive source of energy we have. Replacing coal with any-of-the-above is a net win.
- rimantas 11y agoCoal power plants also spread radioactive material.
- tonyedgecombe 11y agoWe do have large coal reserves but they aren't being mined at scale anymore, most of our coal is imported.