Know that I'm beating a dead(literally speaking) horse, but coal was replaced by oil which is being replaced by electric. Based on a quick google search,in the UK there used to be 1,191,000 people mining coal, there are 2,000 as of 2015. Coal production is at a 300 year low. I saw a video recently-- sorry, poor memory can't remember where-- showing a biker running low on juice, went to a vending machine, changed out his batteries, and moved on. I grew up on a farm that had horses for fun, not actual work. I do not miss mucking out the stables. I will miss the old days, but its move on or get run over.
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