bent�*s company, the government—owned store norske, has announced that mine 7, svalbard and norway'sg mine, will soon close forever. it makes me sad. i'm... you know, being there all my life, almost, and that's what i've been knowing. it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. it's more and more of a tourist town. what do you say to those who argue coal mining's a thing of the past, it has to finish, if we're going to save the planet from global warming? if you can't get it from here, you will take it from somewhere else. they haven't found the perfect substitute yet, so coal are still here to stay. but what about when the mine closes? what will power svalbard? during our visit, we were taken to the outskirts of the archipelago, where the mining company store norske is experimenting with alternative energy sources. so now we are heading to our technical building, where we have the diesel engines and the batteries... the idea is that a mixture of renewables will fuel arctic communities in the future. this is quite new, especially in svalbard, so it takes time for the authorit