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During the 1980s the optimism created in the coal industry by the WOCOL Report and the oil price rises of 1979–80 was tempered by a realisation that world energy futures were more complex, and the problems of massive coal expansion more formidable, than had been assumed.

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Notes and References

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James, P. (1984). Postscript. In: The Future of Coal. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17383-9_10

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