Legacy of coal policy (From York Press)

.......and they are all river/canal connected as well so maybe we could barge York's rubbish down the Ouse!

Mr Clark, I agree with what you say but you must remember that since 2008, the policies of Ed Miliband continue to drive mad legally binding targets for renewable energy. It further saddens me that it was the Trade Unions that made Miliband Minor, leader of the Labour Party.
The Trade Unions are as guilty as the media, education establishment, local and central governments etc in driving this junk science.
We are being taxed for fresh air, unthinkable 30 years ago but now many of the above have been conditioned to believe that the sky is falling in. Catastrophic, Accelerating, runaway etc.
A few days ago a big Arctic freeze came over 34 states in the USA with only limited media coverage. September 2012 saw record ice extent in Antarctica along with some record lows during the Southern Winter, but no hysteria over that. Parts of the USA saw some record high temperatures during Summer 2012 but 1934 remains the hottest year on record in the USA and in the same country there were more July 2012 record lows than highs but not reported widely. Remember the hottest summer recorded in the UK was 1976 and this year was the wettest summer since 1912, so what happened in 1912? And so on.
If wind turbines are that good then why was the CoYC turbine removed, what did it cost and how much energy did it produce? Everyone has gone quiet on that! Andy D or Owen C maybe?
Incidentally, during the record freezing weather during December 2010, the UK was twice on alert for running out of gas due both to high usage and low storage capacity and that remains the case. Coal, Shale Gas and Hydro the answer. Lets get on with it instead of listening to a bunch of carbon phobics before we all freeze to death.
Wet weather (Climate) for us this growing season and dry weather (climate) in the US Mid West means a reduced harvest and food price hikes but no mention of all the crops still going into dangerous Ethanol and biodiesel, they have to meet those Miliband set targets even if it means malnourishment!
PS: Shame there isn't much on your bike we can burn Paul!

All domestic waste incinerators are power stations that use waste as fuel, that is why they are called Energy from Waste plants. The electrical energy they produce does go in to the national grid. There are no reasons why modern plants can not be built in the area where the waste is generated. There are too many people who want all the comforts of a modern life but don't want anything to change near them. This applies to waste disposal and energy generation. NIMBY's

The Tory policy of selling off both coal and power generation to private companies was simply a "get rich quick" scheme, under a smokescreen of 'private companies will put their own money in to invest' - like heck they will! All private companies want is the most profit for the least expenditure, which is why we're in this looming energy crisis now - because no company wanted to pump millions of £'s into building something that would be protested against for either being too big, being in the wrong place, looking wierd, using the wrong fuel, etc, by those who, like the tories who sold off the industry in the first place, are too narrow-minded and self-focused to realised the bigger picture.