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"en.20101123.33.2-826"2
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"Coal mining in Europe is not efficient, and has to be subsidised. However, so-called alternative energy sources are equally – if not more – inefficient. Power plants burning coal therefore have one thing in common with solar or wind-powered plants. The power they produce is simply too expensive. States therefore subsidise coal mining, or purchase the electricity produced at a higher price than the price paid by the end user. Every method of producing electricity has its pluses and minuses. However, experience has taught us that it is not good to rely on one source of energy. If the energy security of Europe is a priority for us, then it would be a mistake to abandon one of the possible energy sources. The state should not use taxpayers’ money to support non-functioning enterprises. Not all mines that are currently unable to survive on the market without subsidies are inevitably doomed to fail. Some of them may become competitive if they are given time to transform. The report of Mr Rapkay wants to make this possible for them. I come from the Prievidza region, which has a strong mining tradition. I know how many families would fall into poverty if the fathers lost a job in the mines. On their behalf, too, I have voted in favour of the report, which creates an opportunity to save thousands of jobs in a traditional Slovak mining region."@en1
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