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    Inneresting chart.

    Britain is setting new records for going without coal-powered energy. In the latest milestone, it has gone for more than eight days without using coal to generate electricity – the longest such period since 1882.


    The power switch: tracking Britain's record coal-free run | Environment | The Guardian

    #2
    8 days wow!

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      8 days wow!

      It’s a massive sea change in just 7 years.

      So yes, wow.

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        #4
        Originally posted by meridian View Post
        It’s a massive sea change in just 7 years.

        So yes, wow.
        Give it five years, and in Swindon they will be keeping warm by burning wood stripped from the abandoned Honda car plant.

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          #5
          Looks like Germany & Poland didn't get the memo

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            #6
            Hopefully it is being replaced by nuclear power.

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              #7
              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
              Hopefully it is being replaced by Chinese Communist Party nuclear power.
              FTFY

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                #8
                so no need for anymore of those inconvenient demonstrations. In any case I think once the fines have been handed out that you won't be seeing any repeats.

                I'm alright Jack

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                  so no need for anymore of those inconvenient demonstrations. In any case I think once the fines have been handed out that you won't be seeing any repeats.

                  Fines? I thought it was custodial sentences to deter others?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    Fines? I thought it was custodial sentences Public Executions to deter others?
                    FTFY.
                    Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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