Themoocher 231 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/drilling-date-set-north-seas-6896191 Anyone surprised that the uk has un tapped resources of coal in Scotland. Fook me every one knows that. What we going do privatise it to some shit company and get hold to randsom by bp and energy companies? Or bring the miners back? What's worse getting held to randsom by working class men earning a crust or these energy firms? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brigzy 1,298 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Err, there was an old joke that Germany went to war with us because we were pinching their coal, as our mines , in the north east were so far out into the North Sea. !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Here we go Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Joe67 was right all along...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brigzy 1,298 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Was he fick !! LOL !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,594 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Scotland has vast reserves of most things but the problem is like the coal it needs deep mining and costs untill recently have out wayed the returns 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Themoocher 231 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Scotland has vast reserves of most things but the problem is like the coal it needs deep mining and costs untill recently have out wayed the returns Do you reckon? I don't understand how other countries afford it and can afford to sell at a profit. Look at Australia they pay the miners a fortune. They're is deep mines too. But it's treated like off shore work. Get flown into the mine for a month on month off. To be fair it would suit e to a tea. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RubyTex 1,957 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 There's plenty of coal gets washed up along the beaches here, in fact some days they are black. Seems there's an exposed face just off the coast. Be loads of the stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Themoocher 231 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 There's plenty of coal gets washed up along the beaches here, in fact some days they are black. Seems there's an exposed face just off the coast. Be loads of the stuff Get in amongst it with a pick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 No the wont go for it yet they will wait till are own miners are to old then they will bring in immergrant miners and say we dont have the skills lol. And re open and drop new shafts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STRANGER 948 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 There has been mass closures of open cast coal mines in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire in the past few months, because it was economically unviable to mine it. Far cheaper to bring in from overseas. So I cant see how it will be profitable to mine it under water when they cant make it work a couple of meters below the soil lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Themoocher 231 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 There has been mass closures of open cast coal mines in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire in the past few months, because it was economically unviable to mine it. Far cheaper to bring in from overseas. So I cant see how it will be profitable to mine it under water when they cant make it work a couple of meters below the soil lol How is it profitable in other countries? Is it not due to the lack of coal in the open casts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STRANGER 948 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I would think because everything is cheaper. Cheaper fuel cheaper workforce Less environmental hoops to jump through... the list goes on... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RubyTex 1,957 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 maxhardcore, on 31 Mar 2014 - 10:37 PM, said: Ruby that's the remnants of what was tipped or fell into the sea off the conveyor belts at Blackhall flight 20-40 yrs ago When I was a kid you could go down the beach and see heaps of coal the size of tennis balls to small footballs Some days decent sized lumps wash up, I've got a load about golf ball size in the garden amongst other pebbles, shells etc I've collected Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I would think because everything is cheaper. Cheaper fuel cheaper workforce Less environmental hoops to jump through... the list goes on... I can guarentee you that is not the case in Oz ...Enviromentaly in the cooper Basin desert we were not allowed to dig more than 4 inches and even the water coming from the ac units was not allowed to land on the ground ....you were not allowed to do anything to spoil the country side or anything that was dentramentle to the Abo people ....and most other countries have more of a can do attitude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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