Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Williamson" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

And it left the miners able to hold the country to ransom. They
brought down the previous Conservative government,

They never. Heath couldn't handle industry properly. Lack of
investment, poor management, etc, etc. Miners were poorly paid
working in appalling conditions.

Again..
"It was NOT subsidised. Coal created economic growth. Coal provided
the energy to create electricity. The economic growth was cycled
back to get the energy. Understand that."

Coal mining in the UK was not profitable.

Idiot, again...
"It was NOT subsidised. Coal created economic growth. Coal provided
the energy to create electricity. The economic growth was cycled
back to get the energy. Understand that."

It cost more to dig the coal out than it could be sold for.

Not another one. If London Underground was run on ticket sales only half
would be closed down and tickets would be £20 a go. London,
economically would decline rapidly.

Which is why the government pay the operator of the Undergound and,
indeed all public transport in London and pay them what is known to
everybody except you as a subsidy.

Fares (Or selling cost of coal or any other goods) plus *subsidy* equals
operating costs, why do you find this so hard to understand?

In the early days of the coal and rail industry, the owners of the asset
charged whatever they wished, and until that cost came down, development
was stalled. Manchester did not become a major industrial centre until
the Duke of Bridgwater invested *his* money in a canal to deliver *his*
coal. No subsidy there. He didn't do it for the greater good, he did it
to make a profit. It was the same with the early railways, the
turnpikes, the canals...

Nowadays, the government is a partner in providing all transport links,
paying for them out of taxes and the surplus generated by payments made
by the users.

I suspect you are one of the million people who buy the Star because the
Sun is beyond their reading skills.

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Tciao for Now!

John.