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The stopping of coal production du to economics is one thing, this was the argument at the time,
The vandalism of national assets is another, you wouldn't bulldozer access to an oil well that's still got reserves would you? you would cap it off .
This is what should have happened to the pits if not economical du to global prices at that time, the shafts could have been preserved and pumps left running giving us the option of returning in more energy desperate times
The Thatcher government was vindictive and very short sighted on Britons coal reserves.
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