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Retric 67 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How the U.K. broke its own economy

Coal is dead in the UK, from 30% in 2014 to 0.5% in 2024.

They went a full month with zero coal electricity generation back in 2020 and 2025 will be entirely coal free.

Even natural gas is in decline.

blitzar 67 days ago [–]

Some people would build a coal power plant in their back yard to own the libs and fight the scurge of rooftop solar pannels destroying the country.

djd20 66 days ago | [–]

BBQ!!!

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