Posted by John MC on 16/08/2020 12:20:05:
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anthracite is okay for burning…
Next it will be petrol sales to be banned from 2023!
John
Sadly anthracite is not ok for burning. New times, new realities. Climate change and diminishing resources are the threat, not low particulates.
"Government is seeking views on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible."
Althoughinternal combustion is on the way out, perhaps petrol sales will never be banned. More likely the average Joe won't need or afford petrol, and it will become a niche product like Welsh Steam Coal.
The world is completely different from when I was little, and I'm not the first to notice the times they are a changing. An elderly neighbour liked to tell me of his youth at Barry Docks when it was the largest coal exporting port in the world. His sense of disbelief that something so big, successful and important could end in his lifetime stuck with me. Nothing is permanent. My grandmother's world was full of horses and trams. All gone.
Dave