More than a fifth of Britain's energy needs are still met by coal.
When Kellingley closes, the Drax coal-fired power station will burn Russian coal for the next 10 to 15 years.
This is not clean coal, just cheap coal but how long will it stay cheap after they close our last deep pit?
How cheap is imported coal in real terms?
When you take into account the1000's of jobs that has gone, who's pay-packet's supported all local business and communities, keeping them alive, this is not about cost.
With no other collieries or employment in their area, this will be a huge cost to the benefits system at a time when all governments want to reduce benefits?
It simply is not about the cost, it is just another smoke screen, like their austerity cuts against genuine disabled and vulnerable people.
