QuoteCoal now only provides occasional back-up energy in the U.K., mostly on sunless and wind-free winter days.

http://e360.yale.edu/features/in-a-stunning-turnaround-britain-moves-to-end-the-burning-of-coal

>mostly on sunless

So, 325 days/year?

WTF else are we going to burn? Trees....oh we did that already.

>oh we did that already.

Not all of them. I saw at least three while I was touring around.

I SAW 4 when Mark too me to Nottinghamshire

One was BIG & Older than the USA :-)

>Nottingham

And not ONE squirrel, rabbit, fox, deer, etc. to be seen.  I did, however, meet a red fox on a London street about 1/2 block from the Islington ...guess the animals moved to the city, too.

After Northern Ireland's last coal plant and Eggborough-Yorkshire shut, there will be just six coal plants left in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/02/yorkshire-coal-plant-to-close-with-loss-of-200-jobs-eggborough

The U.K. Just Went 55 Hours Without Using Coal for the First Time in History