In the dark

[emmie]

this doesn't bode well

http://news.sky.com/s...wer-shortages-by-2015

[Old_Geezer]

They have years yet to sort it out.

[emmie]

do they, 2015 is that far off.

[emmie]

isn't that far off,

[Old_Geezer]

I could be pushing up the daisies by then. And recall we already buy from te global market so problems in one individual country doesn't necessarily mean a problem as such. Apart from price. The thing is to be aware of the issue and do something about it. (And the left hand knowing what the right is doing would help - consider the push to get cars to run on batteries, that'll be a drain on supply !)

[chaptazbru]

This is quite scary, but it could also (I hope) be scaremongering ....

[emmie]

they have known about this for a long time, but it seems heads in the sand is a better option.

[emmie]

funny enough for once i don't think it is scaremongering. Though for totally different reason i recall working three day weeks when they cut the the power down, off, and that wasn't funny at all.

[chaptazbru]

There's always something to worry about unfortunately.

[emmie]

very true, but this wouldn't be amusing at all, it's hard to imagine how you could run anything without electricity?

[Old_Geezer]

I could run the marathon (he lied).

[chaptazbru]

And three years is nothing, it will be here before we know it. We'll have to hope our 'leaders' sort it out (don't hold your breath !!!).

[emmie]

I know that we can all wring our hands in anguish, but i reckon that this is quite serious, and the matter hasn't been firmly looked at by respective governments.

[emmie]

http://www.guardian.c...ull-out?newsfeed=true

[chaptazbru]

I agree it is VERY serious and very worrying - what do others think ??

[emmie]

they are as much in the dark perhaps x

[albaqwerty]

I don't want to think about going back to no electric at 10 pm (I think it was, I was a child at the time)
Too much depends on electricity, although hospitals may have a back up (for example)
Unless 'they' sort something out inside 18 months, it does not bode well.
I suggest 18 months as a minimum as it could take longer.

[DTCwordfan]

well if you want scaremongering read this, which I found yesterday. And in Reuters too (looking for an update on Wales)....

http://uk.reuters.com...idUKBRE8920X620121003

[bentaxle]

Could do us all abit of good having a shortage of power by making us appreciate energy more and how we waste it one way or other

[jake-the-peg]

Yep - not sure whether 2015 is right but it's certainly in that ballpark.

A direct result of sucessive governments failing to grasp the nuclear nettle.

For nearly 20 years now successive governments have said companies will have to pay decomissioning costs if they want to build nuclear and companies have said "No".

If that is not fixed then the only option is to continue to buy gas shipped in from coubtries who could turn off the lights at any time

[pdq1]

I thought the idea of privatising the electricity industry was for them to sort out our problems. Every body that has been privatised has meant much higher bill whether it was water, gas, phone charges, rail or electricity. Maybe we should denationalise the lot.