General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Not feasible to reopen pits these days. New ones needed but the costs are prohibitive and the environmental restrictions would make it nigh impossible. As for opencast, only small reserves left and generally very poor quality stuff. Similar environmental restrictions as well. I'm afraid coal is finished in this country thanks to the climate change hysterics having too much influence on thick govts. Only possibility is the extraction of the gas in coal beds by fracking methods. The vast reserves of coal at depth beneath east yorkshire, nottinghamshire, leicestershire, warwickshire, oxfordshire, northamptonshire and even vaster reserves beneath the North sea are easily accessible.