With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I’m more depressed than when I posted this

  • mackwinston@feddit.uk
    12·
    10 months ago

    Renewables are already viable in the UK and making up an ever increasing percentage of electricity generation. Additionally, the time when it’s windiest in the UK is also the time when electricity demand is at its highest.

    Using coal for electricity in the UK is now rare. Coal only made up 1.5% of electricity generation in the UK in 2022. Just ten years ago coal generation was nearly half.

    • Eavolution@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      Seriously? I didn’t know it was anywhere near that low. That’s great assuming they haven’t just replaced it with gas or something similar, although gas is supposed to be better than coal.