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Pee Kay
No Minister
Coal was the foundational fuel of the British Industrial Revolution, driving technological, economic, and social transformation from the 18th century onward. Britain, at the height of its reliance on coal, in the 1950s, around 96 per cent of the UK’s electricity came from burning coal. In 1882, Thomas Edison’s company opened Britain’s first coal-fired power plant in London. Since then, British coal plants have burned five billion tons of coal.
And now how coal has been demonized along with other fossil fuels. Energy abundance is now labelled as a threat to the planet!
In 2024 Britain became the world’s first major economy to totally quit coal power.
In recent decades, the UK has also invested in a massive expansion of renewable energy, especially offshore wind. Britain is now the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, after China. Last year, offshore wind generated 17 per cent of the nation’s electricity.
British electricity prices were among the lowest in Europe in the early 2000s, now British consumers are lumbered with some of the most expensive electricity costs in the world. Only Denmark, Germany and Ireland have more expensive domestic electricity.
See how the mantra of NET ZERO became a weapon for control.
The way up and the way down!
An interesting video and well worth a watch to remind ourselves of what coal has delivered to the world. Net Zero Watch has produced this short documentary on Britain’s energy story and the real-world harms of Net Zero. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FILM.
This article was originally published by No Minister.
