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5 Arrested as Greenpeace fail to prevent coal supply at Kingsnorth

Green Man | 22.06.2009 06:00 | Climate Chaos

Protesters in boats have boarded a coal ship supplying Kingsnorth with coal. Despite the boarding the ship docked and is unloading coal.

Protesters in boats have boarded a coal ship supplying Kingsnorth with coal. Despite the boarding the ship docked and is unloading coal.

5 protestors have been arrested and their boats seized. One woman was rescued from the Medway after jumping from the ships mast.

Green Man

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Aim achieved I think

23.06.2009 00:35

I agree this was not a "failure". The people involved obviously pulled off what they intended. They couldn't have intended to shut Kingsnorth down or even seriously disrupt its coal supply. Coal-fired power stations usually have 20-30 days' coal in stock at any time. It's not just the coal stocks you can see in great heaps outside. They are moved first to the milling plant, where the coal is crushed to a powder. There's usually a couple of weeks' stock of the milled coal inside the plant, where it's not visible. Anyone really wanting to bugger up a coal-fired power station would try to close off its water supply, not the coal supply. The plant would then have to be shut-down immediately.

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  1. Not such a failure! — Jangles
  2. here here — Chipper
  3. let's show a bit of support, eh? — eric
  4. 10 arrested now! — Grendel
  5. Nice one — Ms Anne Thropy
  6. Orginal post mistaken — John
  7. Inaccurate — IMCista