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The Return to Coal
The social shifts caused by the coal boom in Australia and what will happen when its over
The second of two programmes. High oil prices and demand from China mean coal is making a comeback. But is coal a viable solution to the world's energy needs or a convenient stop gap?
Madeleine Morris returns to her home town in Queensland, Australia, in the middle of a coal boom, to report on the social shifts the influx of wealth is causing.
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