Britain’s electricity since 2010: fossil fuel use nearly halves

Re:Britain’s electricity since 2010: fossil fuel use nearly ... by alexchamberlain on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:31AM (#25560503)

Isn't coal used as an ingredient to products, such as stainless steel, too though?

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Re:Britain’s electricity since 2010: fossil fuel use nearly ... by pjc50 on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:52AM (#25560718)

Any steel. It's OK, most of that industry is gone already, partly due to the Thatcherite era, and partly due to the exhaustion of the iron mines that caused it to be built in the first place.

(It's most efficient to do iron refining as close as possible to the iron and coal mines since all the components are so heavy and much of the ore ends up as waste slag)

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