Climate Crisis: Are we doing enough?

[Pblakeney]

Immigrants. Oh...I mean the disenfranshised youth that have been left behind because of all the immigrants being allowed into our country in their hordes. There's nothing a bunch of Gen Zs would like more than to be given the opportunity of manual labour at the bottom of a deep mine.

Well, they are going to do away with the ECHR and worker's rights so...
"Get them up the chimneys down the mines while they are young!"

 

[BoldonLad]

Immigrants. Oh...I mean the disenfranshised youth that have been left behind because of all the immigrants being allowed into our country in their hordes. There's nothing a bunch of Gen Zs would like more than to be given the opportunity of manual labour at the bottom of a deep mine.

Quite

 

[Pross]

Well, they are going to do away with the ECHR and worker's rights so...
"Get them up the chimneys down the mines while they are young!"

Welsh tradition isn't it. Maybe all the mines will be owned by (English) Reform donors and they'll introduce truck shops where the lucky miners can spend their hard earned.

 

[First Aspect]

The biggest obstacle to that (IMHO) is, where are they going to get the workforce from?

The Valleys.

 

[BoldonLad]

Welsh tradition isn't it. Maybe all the mines will be owned by (English) Reform donors and they'll introduce truck shops where the lucky miners can spend their hard earned.

"Company" shops, using "Company" money, it's been done before 😂

 

[Pross]

"Company" shops, using "Company" money, it's been done before 😂

Yeah, also known as Truck Shops and a major source of discontent in the Industrial Revolution (about the only thing I remember from GCSE History).

 

[the snail]

The biggest obstacle to that (IMHO) is, where are they going to get the workforce from?

And who is going to buy the coal? We've shut down all the coal-fired power stations. It's almost like reform just parrot what trump says without thinking it through.

 

[BoldonLad]

And who is going to buy the coal? We've shut down all the coal-fired power stations. It's almost like reform just parrot what trump says without thinking it through.

Fair point.

 

[briantrumpet]

And who is going to buy the coal? We've shut down all the coal-fired power stations. It's almost like reform just parrot what trump says without thinking it through.

I think it's predicated on simply trolling anyone with more than half a brain: it's outrageous and impractical, but it winds up the tree-hugging libs.

 

[First Aspect]

And who is going to buy the coal? We've shut down all the coal-fired power stations. It's almost like reform just parrot what trump says without thinking it through.

The steel industry we no longer have.

 

[Psamathe]

I'd add to the above that Wales doing relatively well on envionmental issues (they've just passed a new Environment Bill too) is one of the reasons I'm fearful of Reform getting control of the Senedd in May. They've said they'd like to reopen the mines and, whilst I don't believe they have the political capability to pull of something on that scale even if they could find companies interested in making the required investment, that just highlights the disdain they have for environmental issues and I can certainly see them wrecking laws and policies that have helped protect the environment.

Who is going to put up the momney to re-open the mines. It will need significant investment when in all likelihood, following election Reform will have been a disaster and voted out and laws constraining pollution, etc. will be put back in place.

Opening mines is a long term investment and investors should be smart enough to appreciate that relying on Reform is not a long term strategy.

 

[Pblakeney]

Who is going to put up the momney to re-open the mines. It will need significant investment when in all likelihood, following election Reform will have been a disaster and voted out and laws constraining pollution, etc. will be put back in place.

Opening mines is a long term investment and investors should be smart enough to appreciate that relying on Reform is not a long term strategy.

It. Is. Not. Going. To. Happen.

 

[secretsqirrel]

It. Is. Not. Going. To. Happen.

This. Its just Farage throwing scraps to the voters to see if anythings attracts them.

 

[briantrumpet]

This. Its just Farage throwing scraps to the voters to see if anythings attracts them.

I guess he's just cosplaying Trump's thing about coal, but (I assume) without having millions of dollars thrown at him, given that the UK coal industry – unlike in the US – no longer exists.

 

[Pblakeney]

I guess he's just cosplaying Trump's thing about coal, but (I assume) without having millions of dollars thrown at him, given that the UK coal industry – unlike in the US – no longer exists.

I had a thought about this. I know that there was a (diminishing) coal industry throughout most of my working career but IIRC mining apprenticeships pretty much finished soon after I started my (not coal) apprenticeship. As I am now retired my conclusion is that all UK miners are either retired or approaching it.
Not only is there no industry but there are very few miners and those who might still consider going to work in the pits won't fancy going to the coal face, and certainly won't want to be training youngsters who do not want to be there. Nobody with any sense will invest in it.
It is a ridiculous proposition which would be cut off at source by anyone with half a brain.