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==Ecological limits to mining== | ==Ecological limits to mining== | ||
[[File:Hranice dobyvaciho prostoru severoceskych hnedouhelnych lomu CSA (1991).jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hranice dobyvaciho prostoru severoceskych hnedouhelnych lomu CSA (1991)]] | |||
One of the first steps of the new government after November 1989 concerning the environment was to define priorities which, among other things, resulted in a definition of “affected areas”, for which “environmental improvement programmes” were successively adopted. The one for the North Bohemian Basin was passed already in 1990. | One of the first steps of the new government after November 1989 concerning the environment was to define priorities which, among other things, resulted in a definition of “affected areas”, for which “environmental improvement programmes” were successively adopted. The one for the North Bohemian Basin was passed already in 1990. | ||
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==Mining territory== | ==Mining territory== | ||
[[File:Libkovice.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Libkovice]] | |||
[[File:Libkovice 1998.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Libkovice 1998]] | |||
[[File:Libkovice dnes.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Libkovice dnes]] | |||
The mining activity is approaching the territorial ecological mining limits at the fastest pace where the Čs. armády mine comes up to the southern slopes of the Ore Mountains near Chateau Jezeří and the settlements of Černice and Horní Jiřetín (to reach them after 2020). At the same time, some of the giant machines and spreaders doing the overburden removal and the extraction are nearing the end of their service life. Logically, their owners (or potential buyers) need to know whether these devices will allow them only to complete the extraction up to the set mining limits or whether they will be permitted to break through them at least in some places. Based on that, they will decide whether to expend funds only on extending the service life of the existing mining machinery or invest in new equipment with a prospect of return. Seen from their perspective, their pressure to challenge and lift the territorial ecological limits is understandable. | The mining activity is approaching the territorial ecological mining limits at the fastest pace where the Čs. armády mine comes up to the southern slopes of the Ore Mountains near Chateau Jezeří and the settlements of Černice and Horní Jiřetín (to reach them after 2020). At the same time, some of the giant machines and spreaders doing the overburden removal and the extraction are nearing the end of their service life. Logically, their owners (or potential buyers) need to know whether these devices will allow them only to complete the extraction up to the set mining limits or whether they will be permitted to break through them at least in some places. Based on that, they will decide whether to expend funds only on extending the service life of the existing mining machinery or invest in new equipment with a prospect of return. Seen from their perspective, their pressure to challenge and lift the territorial ecological limits is understandable. | ||
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==Prospects for the future== | ==Prospects for the future== | ||
[[File:Jan-Karel.JPG|400px|thumb|left|Jan-Karel]] | |||
The power industry and deciding on it have become a political issue; all advanced countries regard power generation as a strategic area of priority interest, interfere with the industry and try to control it. The energy infrastructure of Ústí nad Labem Region has to be interpreted as part of the Czech Republic’s energy system and the entire European community (EU). Securing the Czech Republic’s energy future is unthinkable without European integration, co-operation with national governments of EU states and other energy-prominent countries of the world, and with power utility companies. | The power industry and deciding on it have become a political issue; all advanced countries regard power generation as a strategic area of priority interest, interfere with the industry and try to control it. The energy infrastructure of Ústí nad Labem Region has to be interpreted as part of the Czech Republic’s energy system and the entire European community (EU). Securing the Czech Republic’s energy future is unthinkable without European integration, co-operation with national governments of EU states and other energy-prominent countries of the world, and with power utility companies. | ||