Ditto in the UK. Successive governments have run down infrastructure and power generation alike, with no thought as to how the UK is going to get enough power i

Ditto in the UK. Successive governments have run down infrastructure and power generation alike, with no thought as to how the UK is going to get enough power in the near future. The outgoing Idiot In Charge has just signed off on a new nuclear power plant but it'll take 10 years to build. In the meantime we're wondering if we could reopen some coal mines, and restart some of the coal-fired power plants that have been mothballed.