Support for Corbyn's backing of coal power
Support for Corbyn’s backing of coal power PARTICULATE airborne
pollutants from vehicles and open wood or coal fires etc kill about
50,000 a year in the United Kingdom and more than two million people
worldwide.
As I have written previously, Ed Miliband’s 2008 Climate Change Act may have resulted in an increase of particulate induced deaths due to incentives for diesel vehicles.
The closure of our coal fired power stations was another strategic public health error as their emissions were mostly steam and particulate free.
The new incentive to burn wood in fireplaces also greatly increases airborne particulate pollution and is best left to heat rural dwellings rather than close-knit city areas.
In Wales we have the best coal in the world and many proud miners who would rather use their skills than languish on the scrap heap.
So far not a single politician has stood up for the mining industry since the closure of the mines in the 1980s, even though the miners’ unions were once very powerful.
Until now that is.
I was absolutely thrilled to hear Jeremy Corbyn praise our wonderful reserves of Welsh coal and voice his support for the miners.
Today's Letters
Coal is only harmful to health when burnt in open hearth fires.
Yes we do need to explore many alternative forms of renewable energy such as wind and solar.
However it is foolish for this government to waste £24bn on constructing new nuclear plants such as Hinckley that will cause a meteoric rise in energy bills to pay for its construction, when we have one thousand years worth of free coal here.
Therefore I feel that Jeremy Corbyn’s support for the coal industry
has the potential to save the UK billions if he does indeed revive the
mining industry.
SUSAN THOMAS
As I have written previously, Ed Miliband’s 2008 Climate Change Act may have resulted in an increase of particulate induced deaths due to incentives for diesel vehicles.
The closure of our coal fired power stations was another strategic public health error as their emissions were mostly steam and particulate free.
The new incentive to burn wood in fireplaces also greatly increases airborne particulate pollution and is best left to heat rural dwellings rather than close-knit city areas.
In Wales we have the best coal in the world and many proud miners who would rather use their skills than languish on the scrap heap.
So far not a single politician has stood up for the mining industry since the closure of the mines in the 1980s, even though the miners’ unions were once very powerful.
Until now that is.
I was absolutely thrilled to hear Jeremy Corbyn praise our wonderful reserves of Welsh coal and voice his support for the miners.
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Coal is only harmful to health when burnt in open hearth fires.
Yes we do need to explore many alternative forms of renewable energy such as wind and solar.
However it is foolish for this government to waste £24bn on constructing new nuclear plants such as Hinckley that will cause a meteoric rise in energy bills to pay for its construction, when we have one thousand years worth of free coal here.
SUSAN THOMAS
Oxford
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Oxford rabbit says...
We should stop subsidising vanity projects such as the Osney Hydro, too much of our tax is being wasted on subsidies.
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the wizard says...
We should stop subsidising vanity projects such as the Osney Hydro, too much of our tax is being wasted on subsidies.
Vanity project it is not, if fact more projects like this should be
welcomed. It's almost free power. Power will always come at a cost. It
is dangerous to handle and maintain, but there are risks with almost all
types of generation, but seemingly renewable sources often offer the
lowest risks. Solar, wind and hydro are all friendly to the environment
in comparison with most types of generation of a power station derived
output.
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Nuclear, Coal and Oil all have environmental issues with their residue. they all feature in global warming, and they all leave a pollutant residue behind them. Being big doesn't make it better, it just leaves a bigger mess to be cleaned up.
We should stop subsidising vanity projects such as the Osney Hydro, too much of our tax is being wasted on subsidies.
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Nuclear, Coal and Oil all have environmental issues with their residue. they all feature in global warming, and they all leave a pollutant residue behind them. Being big doesn't make it better, it just leaves a bigger mess to be cleaned up.
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Oxford rabbit says...
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If Corbyn wants to do something useful around power generation then he should seriously look again at a Severn Barrage, its the second highest rise and fall of tide in the world. A massive capital investment, no emmisions, would provide rafts of employment and be ongoing for generations. The wildlife issues would have to be sorted but these projects have been priceless where implemented. Mining will always have dangers because of what it is, and the costs of moving coal around the rail network will only ever increase.
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The amount of extra equipement needed at a power station to burn coal is hurrendous, as are the maintenance costs to keep it going. You have to transport it to site, unload it, conveyor it to storage. You then have to move it back to the conveyor system to transport it to huge bunkers within the station itself. Prior to burning it you must pulverise it to a fine dust to enhance its combustion value. From the mill it has to be fan blown into the boiler. The boiler itself has to be a massive construction which is maintenance hungry, and has to be lit on gas or oil first. When the steam is eventually generated it has a limited life cycle and can only be used in one complete pass cycle before being reheated or condensed back to water before being reheated. All the processes are through physically large pieces of equipement which need maintaining at high costs, and they are very non effiecent. Go back to coal and the cost of energy will rocket substantially. Somebody somewhere who makes these wild inaccurate statements need to realize what is involved first. Coal is a non starter, dangerous to mine, dirty to burn, costly to handle and very ineffiecent all round, and the cost of a 600mw steam boiler and turbine, mind boggling.
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Corbyn or anyone else who says they are going to revert back to coal definately need either education or mental examination, obviously a fine line between madness and shear genius, and the latter he isn't.