Comments by "" (@thomasherrin6798) on "First UK coal mine in 30 years wins approval" video.

  1.  @Mixamii  Extinction Rebellion and their ilk, the U.K. is the 6th biggest economy, it has a 1% effect on global climate change and with new renewables coming online until 2030 a reduction is forthcoming, this seems reasonable as we have to have some carbon energy as technology has not advanced to remove all carbon energy, there are far more countries that cause greater climate change with no criticism, like China the biggest by far, go over there and sort them out!?!
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  2. The lower transport emissions saving is 20,000 tonnes per year, as well as the mines aim to use carbon offsetting during its lifetime, something that most probably didn't happen as the coal was imported from U.S., Russia and Australia!). We import coal for steel making anyway and to a certain extent will still continue doing so, so it makes no sense not to have a local mine in the U.K. I do understand how coal mines are as my father was a miner and I do not envy the people who are going to work there, it's a dirty job but it does have monetary rewards, most ex mine workers here would have continued working in the mines rather than have the mines closed if they would have been viable, and conditions today will be a lot better than they was then, although the industry improved as time passed in the industrial revolution as it was originally dire. We cannot expect the rest of the world to carry out the dirty bits that we can do ourselves for our stuff (And we do need stuff) and we would most probably do it better for worker health and the climate, so the greens should wrap up and go to the worst polluters and sort them out - Like China!?!
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  3.  @Rascularvideos  We previously imported coal from Russia to make steel in the U.K. (Port Talbot and other sites) which to me is totally unacceptable as we have the coal here, we are required to make our own steel primarily for defence purposes, we do buy building steel from Asia but as they pollute the planet far more than us in doing so that also seems bizarre, but we will have to address the energy problem with regard to cost before all steel is made in the U.K. to meet our requirements which will be around 2035!?!
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  4. We import this type of coal normally from Russia for steel making, as we are required to make steel for our own security (Unless we rely on China, but they also will produce steel with more pollution anyway?), it makes sense to not use the Russian stuff and use our own reserves until we have a viable energy policy that can do away with it all together. So, if we didn't open the mine and create British jobs we would be subsidising Russia jobs and their military aims, a win win, nothing to do with the climate here, it's all about U.K. independence, when renewables have sorted the energy storage problem then we can go fully green, but that is some way into the future, it's not happened yet, so stop bleating!?!
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  5. It will be safer than Russian safety standards where our coal previously came from, just because things are imported does not mean that there are no humanitarian or environmental costs for the same, Extinction Rebellion should remember that their I phones are made in Chinese sweat shops etc.!?!
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