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Why was Didcot "A" Power Station Demolished a Columnist Asks?

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The demolition of Didcot "A" power station removed about 1.44 GigaWatts of generation. So why was it demolished when China is building many new coal fired power stations? Couldn't it have been made to operate in a cleaner way by filtering emissions etc?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7567013/PETER-HITCHENS-Ill-tell-truth-fanatics-Extinction-Rebellion.html


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    I don’t object to reasonable protest and remember years ago how a permanent picket was in place outside the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square. Commentators like Mr Hitchens (I don’t know about him personally) in newspapers like his, poured scorn on the “left-wing” GLC who honoured Nelson Mandela. During the same era, legislation was introduced (clause 28) with negative consequences for members of our community who now enjoy, at least in principal, equal rights, once again egged on by the same types of commentators.  


    However, on this occasion as someone who owes their career to a CEGB apprenticeship and the inspiration of that recently constructed gleaming temple of new technology near to where I lived, now condemned as a dirty and evil old beast and awaiting demolition, I’m sympathetic.  I left the power industry over 20 years ago, as the dash for gas gained momentum (having had for a time a part-time base at Didcot) but have retained an interest at both a strategic and practical level.  All I would ask for is rational analysis and strategic leadership.


    Whatever the merits of any particular perspective, I think that it is very wrong to engage in acts that have the effect of bullying other people from pursuing their livelihood, personal, health care, family and recreational lives. This especially includes those who have perfectly reasonably adapted to a more international lifestyle, with families and close connections in different countries. This is not “self-indulgent” by those concerned and many of those protesting may have equally evolved such lifestyles.  Extremism will only breed an equal and opposite reaction. I’m confident that nearly all members of the IET are keen to make a constructive contribution. None of us can precisely predict the future, including the climate, but we should always be doing our best to minimise risks of harm at every level. The UK can and should show moral leadership, but the issue is international.    
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    I don’t object to reasonable protest and remember years ago how a permanent picket was in place outside the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square. Commentators like Mr Hitchens (I don’t know about him personally) in newspapers like his, poured scorn on the “left-wing” GLC who honoured Nelson Mandela. During the same era, legislation was introduced (clause 28) with negative consequences for members of our community who now enjoy, at least in principal, equal rights, once again egged on by the same types of commentators.  


    However, on this occasion as someone who owes their career to a CEGB apprenticeship and the inspiration of that recently constructed gleaming temple of new technology near to where I lived, now condemned as a dirty and evil old beast and awaiting demolition, I’m sympathetic.  I left the power industry over 20 years ago, as the dash for gas gained momentum (having had for a time a part-time base at Didcot) but have retained an interest at both a strategic and practical level.  All I would ask for is rational analysis and strategic leadership.


    Whatever the merits of any particular perspective, I think that it is very wrong to engage in acts that have the effect of bullying other people from pursuing their livelihood, personal, health care, family and recreational lives. This especially includes those who have perfectly reasonably adapted to a more international lifestyle, with families and close connections in different countries. This is not “self-indulgent” by those concerned and many of those protesting may have equally evolved such lifestyles.  Extremism will only breed an equal and opposite reaction. I’m confident that nearly all members of the IET are keen to make a constructive contribution. None of us can precisely predict the future, including the climate, but we should always be doing our best to minimise risks of harm at every level. The UK can and should show moral leadership, but the issue is international.    
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