
S5 E8: Last Orders
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The Oil Industry - Europe's Answer to Nassa
Scotland's oil boom was ' europe's answer to nassa', says Ronald young. The huge drilling platforms were the biggest in Europe at the time, he says. But it wasn't all good news for people who had to work long hours on a ferry across an inlet from cromerty and ou neg. In 20 13, when newan gibbs began his work towards a ph d, britain still derived close to one third of its electricity from coal.
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