How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy

Re:How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy by roenxi on Monday March 03, 2025 @07:58PM (#43248865)

Have they ever used that technique in the UK? I don't think the UK has mountains suitable for mountaintop removal - they are famous for their underground operations.

I've always filed mountaintop removal mining as one of those "weird things Americans do" approaches. Probably associated with unusual geology or something.

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Re:How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy by giantg2 on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:04PM (#43248920)

I think the UK had the none-mountainous version of strip mining - open pit mines. I think there aren't any in operation currently, and I'm unsure if they were for coal or just other commodities.

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Re:How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy by nkali on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:22PM (#43249031)

Even if not, the collieries in Wales, built on top of coal shafts, were quite industrial-looking/landscape-runining. https://museum.wales/articles/1260/Nantgarw-Colliery---once-...

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Re:How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:29PM (#43249072)

We used the technique until we ran out of mountains, hence current lack of mountains.

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