First UK coal mine in 30 years wins approval 

Not a green energy source

@@adeyemibabatunde1814 Because only Britain a small island in Europe should care about the bloody planet.

​@@adeyemibabatunde1814 to,hell with green energy

@@adeyemibabatunde1814 its not an energy source though. its for steel.

Fossil fuel lobbying, a rise in nationalist sentiment, failures of science in school, plenty of reasons; take your pick

Oh dear oh dear

I know ,it’s great 😁☃️we just need to get fracking 👍🏻we should have never relied on the commies but then we were never asked.

@@janeburke147 This coal is for export - the vast majority is - and will be used for steel making.

@@Mixamii Extinction Rebellion and their ilk, the U.K. is the 6th biggest economy, it has a 1% effect on global climate change and with new renewables coming online until 2030 a reduction is forthcoming, this seems reasonable as we have to have some carbon energy as technology has not advanced to remove all carbon energy, there are far more countries that cause greater climate change with no criticism, like China the biggest by far, go over there and sort them out!?!

But will anyone want to work there? I know from experience mines and quarries are really horrible places to work and at the moment there's far more job vacancies than unemployed people so unless pay is particularly good it's a poor option

It’s not exactly road to Wigan pier days

@@stevec6427 yep, people will want to work there and the pay will be good

Hahahahaha

@@stevec6427 I take your point. Hopefully the pay will reflect the conditions

I see it as a backwards quick earner and it stinks of back scratching corruption. Par for the course for this Tory government.

We import this type of coal normally from Russia for steel making, as we are required to make steel for our own security (Unless we rely on China, but they also will produce steel with more pollution anyway?), it makes sense to not use the Russian stuff and use our own reserves until we have a viable energy policy that can do away with it all together. So, if we didn't open the mine and create British jobs we would be subsidising Russia jobs and their military aims, a win win, nothing to do with the climate here, it's all about U.K. independence, when renewables have sorted the energy storage problem then we can go fully green, but that is some way into the future, it's not happened yet, so stop bleating!?!

Wind power is 9x cheap and won’t suddenly jump in price because of some despot.

@Daniel Wood until a viable alternative is found yes they are the future. Virtuous intent doesn't heat houses

@@sid35gb off shore wind power which is the majority of the UKs wind energy is the most expensive way of producing electricity. On shore is one of the cheapest but we have that in very small supply in the UK

Hook her up to the grid.

I don't think so because it's not nationalised; the government-run coal industry was hemorrhaging billions a year before she stepped in.

Same as the Labour leaders before her who closed the majority of coal mines.

If it means stopping this from happening, I will gladly resurrect her.

Doubt it. It is a sensible response to hugely changed circumstances.

The lower transport emissions saving is 20,000 tonnes per year, as well as the mines aim to use carbon offsetting during its lifetime, something that most probably didn't happen as the coal was imported from U.S., Russia and Australia!). We import coal for steel making anyway and to a certain extent will still continue doing so, so it makes no sense not to have a local mine in the U.K. I do understand how coal mines are as my father was a miner and I do not envy the people who are going to work there, it's a dirty job but it does have monetary rewards, most ex mine workers here would have continued working in the mines rather than have the mines closed if they would have been viable, and conditions today will be a lot better than they was then, although the industry improved as time passed in the industrial revolution as it was originally dire. We cannot expect the rest of the world to carry out the dirty bits that we can do ourselves for our stuff (And we do need stuff) and we would most probably do it better for worker health and the climate, so the greens should wrap up and go to the worst polluters and sort them out - Like China!?!

Better to get it from our own coal fields than to buy it from abroad - self reliance in energy has to be better for the country.

This is obvious but a certain crowd doesn't want to hear it and won't. They will continue to use supplies of crude oil from other Countries to glue themselves to roads and cause further emissions from viechles because we are not doing what they want whether or not what they want actually stops emissions.

in the past most coal power went up the chimney. with modern plant the coal is crushed into dust and blown into the turbine fires. its ultra efficient compared to 1970s tech. its on a par with burning LNG.

@@888ssss Regardless, the coal is being used for making steel, not energy generation.

@@ChunkyyHD im pretty sure it will be burned....

Like Australia?

@@888ssss Its definitely not on a par with LNG, stop making stuff up.

Except, this coal is for steel making, the vast majority for steel making overseas.

@@Rascularvideos The fact we are producing it is better than not producing it at all.

@@Rascularvideos We previously imported coal from Russia to make steel in the U.K. (Port Talbot and other sites) which to me is totally unacceptable as we have the coal here, we are required to make our own steel primarily for defence purposes, we do buy building steel from Asia but as they pollute the planet far more than us in doing so that also seems bizarre, but we will have to address the energy problem with regard to cost before all steel is made in the U.K. to meet our requirements which will be around 2035!?!

its a shame? its bloody disgrace

@@1autocadman I know it’s a disgrace it’s only 1 coal mine it should be at least 20 mines.

we shouldn't be using coal at all lmao

@@mvnkycheez We wouldnt be in the mess we are in were not for this net zero crap. More coal fired power stations please.

Lets stop paying a fortune for energy

@@mvnkycheez I seriously doubt that the four persistent old ladies in each town are causing climate change. They are freezing to death because fake coal is rubbish.

@@munafiqwill3932 by using some of the most expensive fuel we can - coal! Brilliant idea

Yea, most likely, we would see uneducated activists complain 😒

Bring them on ill go & do the security for nothing lol

They will be super glueing there noses to the pickaxes

@@dawnpiper5883 Good , ill volunteer to do security there for nothing lol

@user-oi9io4ww5y good 👍

No chance, they'll all be retired by now. That was my grandfathers generation, he worked in the mines and was always telling us how horrible it was. They're going to have to pay very well to get anyone down there

@@stevec6427 plenty of labour hitting the beaches in rubber dinghys ?

They’ll be an influx of Aussies

How about manufacturing different types of insulation and bringing all homes up to an A+ rating instead? This is a backward step I'm afraid.

This coal isn't going into energy, it's going into steel manufacturing

@@RazorMouth old people dont understand unfortunately- when there dead will get somewhere

Coal is not gas. This wont help bills.

America produces all of its own gas and oil and yet prices skyrocketed regardless for the simple fact that a capitalist free market means they *could* sell the energy abroad for a much higher price so "self-sufficiency" is totally irrelevant and does not mean lower bills.

The coal mine is for steel production, not heating homes.

​@@ds1868 it should be for both, heathng homes & steel production

How would that work? Our coal fired power stations only make up 3% of our power generation capability. It'll make bugger all difference

We can't make a dent in global emissions. We produce just under 1% annually of global emissions so even if we went totally carbon neutral our saving would be wiped out be emerging developing nations and ongoing deforestation. Scrap net zero entirely, open up the mines and forget about CO2, this planet is warming yes but nothing can be done unless US, China, Russia and India are on board. and make the savings as large dirty economies. We were mad to become an energy dependency, it was short sighted politicians responsible for this and are now quickly U turning to avoid civil disobedience as blackouts will not be tolerated as we go into what looks like a colder than average winter.

Here here 👏 👏 👏

This is a specific kind of coal intended for a specific purpose. Others might not be.

A lot of the land from the old pits has now been repurposed, so can't really do that.

@@davebirch1976 that’s true . This country needs to be more self sufficient again , that not part of the plan though.

@@bethanhamer.8669 and there's still gas and oil under the North sea, it makes more sense to use our own resources.

@@davebirch1976 agreed

Labour want to shut them now 🙄

@@mosnackbar4121 I doubt that very much 💀

Two generations too late for many families. Thatcher and conservatives ruined this country. We’re literally going going back around 40 years in time to correct all their failures. We need to buy back mail and energy while we’re at it.

I knew Wales would one day get back on it's feet 💪

After nearly 40 years of those communities living in the breadline they will finally have a better standard of living

Amen brother q

....... even more distress !

and now, Brussels edicts do not matter any more.

For the last ten thousand years it has been significantly hotter than today, and they are worried about half a degree 🤔

Good work government 👏

Coal is being banned for personal use in March.

@@bmmaaate really?

@@jedcollings3624 Yes, the last bag of coal has been sold. Anyone burning coal next year will be committing a climate crime.

Arthur said this 40 years ago.

@@bmmaaate Looked it up, they're not saying it's about the climate, wood kindling won't be banned, they say it's down to Coal being a dangerous pollutant, ever heard of those 1890s smog clouds? It's very dangerous compared to the alternatives in fairness.

Like that Great British innovator Brunel saying “I’ll breed horses”.

Wnt happen

Feels like I’m listening to insanity in real time. This is the ugly side of the British public I don’t like that I thought had finally seen sense.

Oh yeah Timmy! 🎉 It’ll be like stepping back in time, can almost smell the soot in the air Mmmmmm 😊

@@danielwhyatt3278 we’re going back in time baby! Back to the good old days 😅 phew!

Go yorkshire 💪

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😂😂😂 No man nuclear and renewables are the only way forward. This is backward and a pat on the back to Australia who will own the plant.

Net zero is a scam.

Depends on setup time. The energy instability needs an urgent answer. Setting up nuclear, solar or wind takes quite a long time to implement. But for our gas fired, and coal based power stations, they only need the raw product to ramp up production. The infrastructure is already in place, and so it works well in the short term.

It only take 10-15 years to build and we can add them onto existing infrastructure, to be honest it could do with a boot same as everywhere that’s been needing beefing up for the past 20 years.

@@callum3070 there isn’t anything quick to fix it, this country has untold amounts of immigration without even beefing up the rest of our infrastructure. Looking for a quick fix won’t ever sort the issue out. We need to be fully depend on our own energy

And destroy the world. Naaa UK has done enough of that in the past.

@@ABanRocks in what way?

@@ads401- UK was one of the first industrial countries and over 200 years has cause more population than pretty much any other county in the world. The British Empire caused huge amount of distriction to the world as well.

@@ads401-the easy way

Because nothing say Britain like smog and unsustainable industry

It's a terrible decision

@@jayo3074 why?

@@mosnackbar4121 we don't need coal mines in this country. We are a service sector. Also this will contribute to global warming and have disastrous impacts for the environment.

@@jayo3074 being a service sector Isn't good enough, we are better than that we can also manufacture to the highest quality, the coal is being used to make steel for building things.....like wind turbines ect .

its the only reality in town so far.

man just pretended climate change didn’t exist and went about with his day

@@williamholley6544 yeah im almost swimming here in my house what with the rising floods and burning sun and all......

we need coal, its as simple as that, & it makes sence to mine it here in the uk, than to import it from china etc, & put a lot of people in good paid jobs, that will be a massive boost to the local econemy where everyone will benifit, even the do.gooder,s that are against it will benifit,

Problem is why use coal? Its for steel which the Scandinavians already figured out how to make clean

@@russell6075 that is a different thing & does not answer my question , nor does it add to our energy security

@@guyvert49 its the same thing. This coal is for steel making not energy

@@russell6075 that dos not follow. The coal is the energy used for making steel & anyway just replaces Russia coal

@@guyvert49 and they dont need to use coal to make steel anymore

That statement just made me feel sick to my stomach.

Good news only for people who are close to death and don’t have to live with the consequences of climate change

Absolute insanity. It sounds like all of the nutters and short minded heople have come out of the woodwork in these comments sections. This is absolutely horrific and terrible news when it has been nothing but bad news for months. Literally the only good news a few days ago was that onshore wind was allowed again, and now this has come along, which has completely ruined that announcement.

@@matt_thomas Exactly. Nothing but small minded people living in the past, who don’t seem to realise that this technology needs to stay dead and buried, and it needs to be buried everywhere else.

​@@danielwhyatt3278 wind turbine,s have ruined the look of the countryside & offshore, coal mine,s should be opened up all over the uk

Thatcher is a eco green.

Its coal lmao its 2022 we can have nuclear power

like wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, or nuclear?

It's not for the power grid it's for steel plant

Gove opened it....Good on him

women do already work down mines here in the uk Winsford has salt mine and quite a few women work undergroud there

How can they do that? We won't suddenly get new coal fired power stations. The ones shut over the last few decades have been flattened and the few left are already at full capacity

@@stevec6427 well they made a mistake then... like the failed politicians that now make most people work longer in life..

@@stevec6427 If there is the coal then perhaps it might be possible to extend the lifetime &/or the capacity. Although I think the focus would be on lifetime.

Your response is literally the opposite to how it should be. This is common sense falling down the wayside and it’s terrible news. How can so many still support this ancient form of power and metallurgy when there are alternatives already being used now in mainland Europe.

@@danielwhyatt3278 yet we see a rise of coal power stations in Europe. Germany is a fine example

@@danielwhyatt3278 yawn

What,chucking loads more carbon into the atmoshere,damaging the ozone layer.This year it was 40 degrees for the first time ever during the summer in the UK remember that?

@@danielwhyatt3278 Quite obvious the comments on this video are filled with fake paid comments. It's sad and disgusting.

Nope. It’s for export.

BSE was another scam. It was caused by pesticides, not bonemeal.

John Seldom Glummer? Good heavens, I thought he had shuffled off his mortal years ago.

Yea, like making us pay more for coal energy.

So should nooses!

Because of some made up statistics.

We don't.

They love the sound of their own voice.

Yes Exactly. Well Paid Jobs to.

Climate change means colder winters and hotter summers, its freezing becuase of climate change. Its just on average it's warming so we call it global warming

​@@jacobreed8753 so how come, 50'years ago, winter,s were far colder than they are now, & summer,s back then were far hotter than they are now