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In today's Issue

A poem from Sue McCartney
Coal
Dead or Alive
Trivial top 10
Finish With a Song.

Here's Sue McCartney - Not her normal light style, this is a poignant poem
about coal.

IF NOT FOR COAL

He wouldn’t have crawled on hands and knees

He wouldn’t have clawed at those thin seams

Pick in hand.  Lamp in the other

Hewing and filling. Hewing and filling

 The tubs to pass to a brother

He wouldn’t have loosened the coal from its bed

Small black nuggets stained with red?

Head low, back bent

But for coal, a life soon spent

If not for coal

He would have worked in the light

He would have stood upright

He wouldn’t have known his lungs were black

Like the coal,hearth and the fire back

He wouldn’t have breathed in the dust.

For the hewers like him

 Is there any justice?

For the cough, the shortness of breath

The pain, the early death

No ease from this terrible disease

If not for coal and pneumoconiosis

That awful creeping necrosis

He’d have made old bones

If not for coal

Coal Facts

So did you think that we are moving away from fossil fuels ??

Coal is currently used to meet 30% of global primary energy needs, which is the highest level since 1970. It is used to generate 41% of the world’s electricity and is used in the production of 70% of the world’s steel.

Coal was formed about 300 million years ago.

Coal as the other fossil fuels as well isn't ecologically acceptable because of CO2 and global warming.

Coal is classified into four main types: lignite, subbituminous, bituminous, anthracite and the coal value is determined by the amount of the carbon it contains.

Coal usually has a negative impact on environment, mining can damage ground and surface waters and when coal burns as the fuel it releases CO2 which is the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming.

Coal could be the world's most attractive fuel in years to come thanks to the methods of coal purification which are resulting in more cleaner coal, removing sulfur and other dangerous elements.

World coal consumption is more than 5.3 billion tons annually of which three quarters are used for generating electricity.

Coal deposits could be enough to satisfy current world energy needs for the next 300 years.
Coal total reserves are approximately about 1 × 1015 kg or 998 billion tons.

Coal is by far the cheapest source of power fuel per million Btu, averaging less than half the price of petroleum and natural gas.

Developing countries' demand for coal will double through 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration.

DEAD or ALIVE

This is where I give you a celebrity ...

Simple question, you have a 50/50 chance

Are they DEAD or ALIVE ?

Today's Celeb is comedic actor, Jack Smethurst

Jack Smethurst (born 9 April 1932 in Manchester

An English television and film comic actor whose career dates back to the 1950s. He is best known for his role as bigoted Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour.

Is Jack, Dead or Alive ?

Answer below.

Trivial Top 10

You want a change of job ?

Check these out.......in order of salary ..

10 - Professional Queuer - £12,000 a year

9 - Bed Warmer - £16,000 a year

8 - Water Slide Tester - £20,000 a year

7 - Pet Food Taster - £20,000 a year

6 - Pet Psychologist - £23,000 a year

5 - Trend Hunter - £25,000 a year

4 - Professional Tea Taster - £25,000 a year

3 - Golf Ball Diver - £25,000 a year

2 - Floating Homes Designer - £35,000 a year

1 - Sewer Flusher - £45,000 a year

DEAD or ALIVE,

I asked you about Jack Smethurst,

Star of :-

Love thy Neighbour...

Is he Dead or Alive...

He is alive !!!!

Finish With a Song

Well only one choice......a neighbour song,

This is Smokie, with, living next door to Alice.

Released in 1976...