A big moment in Britain's industrial story happened today.
The coke ovens at the Port Talbot steelworks were closed.
This was where they baked the coal used to make millions of tonnes of steel.
What you're looking at here is the last coke ever made in the UK. Pix: @TataSteelUK
@John_Stepek Great article you wrote today John. Yes, it’s wonderful, loads of legacy DB schemes in surplus in FTSE100 names too. Let’s hope Higher for Longer lasts!
National Grid has plans to totally rewire UK for #NetZero.
A huge increase in the number of electric pylons
Why are we doing this?
The rest of the world doesn't give a flying fig about emissions or climate change
Its just us 'Leading the World'
https://t.co/lDAedpQUGa
Once valued at $47bln… leaves liabilities of $50bln.
Nice work fellas.
The fact it’s taken this long for this ridiculous charade to collapse speaks volumes about our world. https://t.co/BCfhgSC3QO
@GeorgeMonbiot George, you hate farming, hate livestock, maybe even the countryside, yet you live in Dartington in glorious Devon, home of grazing. Why is that?
“I am rather sick of the modern assumption that, for all events, we, the people, are never responsible: it is always our rulers, or ancestors, or education, or anybody but precious ‘us’.”
C.S. Lewis
Oh the irony here.
The solar industry is complaining about high manufacturing costs in Europe in part due to, yes, you guess it right, high energy costs...
@John_Stepek@MerrynSW You & Merryn are so gloomy but just look at GBP/USD, the currency that keeps giving with a 5% yield. It’s been better than NDX, be happy!