SO,‘Old King Coal’is now seen to be a dirty old soul, and the‘green lobby has had some success in discouraging what few attempts have been made to open new, often open-cast coal mines.
Agreed, one can always import from countries like Russia and Colombia and run the gauntlet of the human rights lobby, or even further from Australia, with a larger CO2 output just for the journey. And also, at what price will preserved railways pay to fuel their locomotives in a sustainable future?
Could we have our own ‘dash for gas’?
Butane is used on the larger scales of live
