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Burning coal is the most dirty, polluting, and inefficient way to get electricity. As early as 1306, Edward I banned Londoners from burning it, due to its noxious smog. So which countries are phasing it out the fastest now? Greece and the UK lead the way! Source: www.wri.org/insights/cou...
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That's terrific! Why did the UK manage to do so well? I didn't think the Tories were into renewables. Some relatives installed solar panels because there was a grant & they could sell to the National Grid - then the grant & National Grid thing was taken away from them.
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I am not sure but unf my guess would be so-called natural gas
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Could also be Thatcher ending coal mining subsidies - at a time when North Sea gas production was rising.
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I thought this was the year 2000 onwards.
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(although how they got "an 8 year period" out of "2000-2022" is beyond me :-) )