The enthusiasm is great but it's good to tell people things in context. The end of coal in the UK is partly b/c of a switch to natural gas, and energy demand dropped b/c the UK offshored industry. Allwood is director of the research program to decarbonize UK industry: youtu.be/xpImlufArwk?...

Absolute Zero by Professor Julian Allwood

YouTube video by Professor Julian Allwood - Engineering and Music

About half the drop in UK emissions was due to the end of heavy industry...and other interesting details: youtu.be/xpImlufArwk?... The UK has made progress and has a real working resource in offshore wind, where the Northeast US is woefully behind...