Where users do have a choice, coal-fired sources will have problems competing with cleaner sources of power.
The future of coal-fired power stations is just one fundamental issue where short-term policy must not lose sight of long-term strategy.
The contribution of motor vehicles to the greenhouse effect is greater than that of coal-fired power stations.
There is no way in which those countries will be able to opt for coal-fired power stations, even with all the desulphurisation plans.
There is, of course, much more coal-fired electricity.
Is he aware that there will also be relief that it is to be a coal-fired station rather than a nuclear one?
Will he also confirm that coal-fired power stations produce more than double the radiation emissions of nuclear stations?
I should like him to emphasise that fact, because he also spoke about new coal-fired power stations.
