It is clearly neccessary to revitalise the English economy. The revolutionary will take direct action by re-creating an industry totally owned by the state, or you could say, owned by the people who have to pay the government debt. Much is said about about global warming, but the key issue is to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and especially oil, as it is already in short supply, and the price will rise until people buy less. There is a fuel in ample supply, both world wide and in England. Britain has 400 years of known reserves. Coal. It would seem obvoius to use coal to replace gas and oil, especially oil. The problem is that it contains a little more carbon than oil. Trains use much less fuel than road transport. So if at least some of the branch lines axed by Beeching were replaced, and run with new, efficient, coal fired  (steam)-engines, and carried freight and people, the total carbon output would be reduced.
The engines will be manufactured by private English companies if possible. This should lay down a good future for manufacturing in England. Universities will be orderd to help in the research, they get government grants and it won’t hurt for them to do something directly useful. Coal is competitively priced compared to oil now, and I’m sure it will become more competitive in the future. Steam engines were always cheaper to build than diesel, and so I’m sure there will be an international market in the future for steam locomotives if they can be made competitative. There is plenty of oportunity for private enterprise to open new coal mines as required. The building of the new railway lines is a major project and will be undertaken directly by a government agency in some cases, mainly where the new line can be seen as a community sevice. This will allow for some of the labour to be provided by the, half-time working for people on the dole, scheme, and by immigrants who’s present status doesn’t allow them to work. Also by people on rehabilitation schemes, and disabled workers. Basically anyone who is being funded by the Government, and who are able to work, can work on this project.

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