Martin Pilkington on Nostr: I’ve posted it a few times today but I feel like it should be an even bigger deal: ...

I’ve posted it a few times today but I feel like it should be an even bigger deal: the UK shut down its last coal-fired power station today. We were the first country to fire one up, and now we’re the first major economy to shut them all down.

And the key thing is, it happened quickly.

2012: generated 40% of power from coal
2018: first coal-free day in over a century
2020: months on end with no coal
2024: last station closed