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Unread post by **ChesterfieldJohn** » 27 May 2013, 14:08

Bloody Maggie Thatcher.

A shortage of coal now to keep steam engines running.

We need our own pits!!!!!

John

Unread post by **Mo2013** » 27 May 2013, 14:11

you couldn't make it up

Unread post by **david63** » 27 May 2013, 15:19

On the basis that coal is a finite resource then it will run out one day anyway - but aren't steam engines supposed to be environmentally unfriendly?

Unread post by **Quizzical Bob** » 27 May 2013, 15:27

david63 wrote:
On the basis that coal is a finite resource then it will run out one day anyway - but aren't steam engines supposed to be environmentally unfriendly?

If they burn fossil fuels they are. How about wood?

Unread post by **Kendhni** » 27 May 2013, 15:39

Quizzical Bob wrote:
david63 wrote:
On the basis that coal is a finite resource then it will run out one day anyway - but aren't steam engines supposed to be environmentally unfriendly?
If they burn fossil fuels they are. How about wood?

Leave the viagra takers out of this ... what did they ever do to you?

27 May 2013, 17:05

??????????????????
Scottish Coal went into receivership last month because the FALLING price of coal was making their operation uneconomical!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-22225943

27 May 2013, 17:06

david63 wrote:
On the basis that coal is a finite resource then it will run out one day anyway - but aren't steam engines supposed to be environmentally unfriendly?

Yep - just like cars.

27 May 2013, 17:20

Kendhni wrote:
Leave the viagra takers out of this ... what did they ever do to you?

What do persons suffering from either ED or PPH have to do with coal shortage or railway locomotives?

Unread post by **Dark Knight** » 27 May 2013, 17:49

heard a report saying there was still millions of tons of coal in the UK that could be extracted......but at what cost?
if it is uneconomical then why bother?

Unread post by **howard18** » 27 May 2013, 18:24

If all the heritage steam train societies got together they could buy their own pit. They have the ideal method of transporting it to their works.

Unread post by **Mr-big-bits-mk2** » 28 May 2013, 08:25

It should be noted that the Labour government under Harold Wilson closed 272 British cola mines where as the Tory government under Thatcher closed 154.

Unread post by **Mr-big-bits-mk2** » 28 May 2013, 08:26

The same applies to the amount of coal mines closed by Wilson.

Unread post by **oldbluefox** » 28 May 2013, 08:53

Plenty of cheaper coal imports to supplement our own. I think steam trains will be running for a long time to come.

http://www.coalimp.org.uk/3.html

Unread post by **ChesterfieldJohn** » 28 May 2013, 17:47

oldbluefox wrote:
Plenty of cheaper coal imports to supplement our own. I think steam trains will be running for a long time to come.

http://www.coalimp.org.uk/3.html

Bloody hell everyone, it was a joke!!!

Unread post by **Dark Knight** » 28 May 2013, 19:06

John
what about steam trains?

Unread post by **ChesterfieldJohn** » 28 May 2013, 19:13

Dark Knight wrote:
John
what about steam trains?

About blaming Thatcher and needing our own pits.

John

Unread post by **Dark Knight** » 28 May 2013, 19:18

John

if I may...rookie mistake..mention Maggie and all sense of humour evaporates like steam from a funnel

Unread post by **ChesterfieldJohn** » 28 May 2013, 19:32

Dark Knight wrote:
John

if I may...rookie mistake..mention Maggie and all sense of humour evaporates like steam from a funnel

LMAO same as when she was in power

John

Unread post by **towny44** » 28 May 2013, 22:19

I just assumed it was BBC news being provocative as usual.

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