Friday 26 May 2017

Why pay for coal?

Coal is the dirtiest fuel we have. Coal burning produces more pollution than other fuels and more than twice as much CO2 per killowatt-hour than gas,

So why does the UK government subsidise coal? A recent Overseas Development Institute (ODI) report shows that the UK provides subsidies of £356M per year to the UK coal sector. That's despite its stated commitment to phasing out coal-burning no later than 2025.

This makes no sense. It ought to stop.

1 comment:

  1. I kind of agree with you. we need to instead invest in energy sources which are cleaner and we can control their production

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