Power station emissions soar

"Carbon emissions from UK power stations have increased by nearly 30% over the past eight years, putting the government's climate change targets under threat, a report showed today.

The report, compiled for environmental group WWF, shows that in 2006 alone emissions rose by 6% to reach 178m tonnes, as high gas prices led to an increased use of coal to produce electricity.

The power sector's emissions have now reached the highest level since 1992, cancelling out all of the gains from the so-called "dash for gas", which saw emissions fall from 201m tonnes in 1990 to 139m in 1999, the report said."

Source: The Guardian

Who in their right mind use coal to produce electricity? Don't they see the connection between the use of coal and high emissions of carbon dioxide? Idiots!!!