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Originally Posted by Neil
Its a hard one that. If it was cheaper to keep them open than to pay all those who were made redundant then yes. I doubt anyone can quote accurate figures about what it would have cost to keep the mines open compared with the cost to close them and pay benefits afterwards.
The other argument is that we might have been more self sufficient on fuel if they had stayed open.
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That's a good point. I think that over the course of continued employment it would have cost the taxpayer an awful lot of money. As for self sufficient, the other argument is that Scargill held the nation to ransom, where as foreign imports of fuel have charged the world a lot for fuel but haven't suddenly decided to stop output.
For sustainability we need Nuclear power in my opinion. I think we're digressing more and more off the subject though.
As I've said in another thread, as soon as I've seen the Conservative candidates shortlist I'll post it here if it's not already on.