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Winter Of Discontent Anyone ?
Perhaps something to discus Sunday morning.
All the ingredients are there…
All the ingredients are there…
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//I wonder what the main reason for the gas crisis is?//
The main reason for the gas crisis is that successive governments have abrogated their responsibility for the nation’s energy security. They have followed a strategy that now sees almost the sole source of gas to be under the control of a foreign power which has never, shall we be kind and say, looked favourably towards any western nation. The country’s entire gas supply and the source of around 40% of its electricity generation depend on how Vladimir Putin feels when he gets out of bed in the morning. Meantime we’re shipping in 150,000 tons of processed wood each and every week to be burnt in Europe’s third most polluting power plant in Yorkshire. To get an idea of how much that is, it is well over twice the weight of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the country’s new aircraft carrier, and that’s how much wood is being burnt each and every week.
At the same time, the country is sitting on decades worth of gas supplies which it has declined to exploit because of the eco-zealots and a few NIMBYs. Well those decisions are now bearing fruit. When we’re all sitting in the dark and cold and our “Green” credentials are top of the charts we’ll all be so proud. Mr Putin will be able to watch our plight on his telly because you can rest assured that his lights will not go out.
The main reason for the gas crisis is that successive governments have abrogated their responsibility for the nation’s energy security. They have followed a strategy that now sees almost the sole source of gas to be under the control of a foreign power which has never, shall we be kind and say, looked favourably towards any western nation. The country’s entire gas supply and the source of around 40% of its electricity generation depend on how Vladimir Putin feels when he gets out of bed in the morning. Meantime we’re shipping in 150,000 tons of processed wood each and every week to be burnt in Europe’s third most polluting power plant in Yorkshire. To get an idea of how much that is, it is well over twice the weight of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the country’s new aircraft carrier, and that’s how much wood is being burnt each and every week.
At the same time, the country is sitting on decades worth of gas supplies which it has declined to exploit because of the eco-zealots and a few NIMBYs. Well those decisions are now bearing fruit. When we’re all sitting in the dark and cold and our “Green” credentials are top of the charts we’ll all be so proud. Mr Putin will be able to watch our plight on his telly because you can rest assured that his lights will not go out.
Really pleased to have a woodburner and a never ending supply of wood. But winter or discontent, it's up to us all to bring back the spirit shown in World War 2 and the aftermath. People were more resilient and helpful to each other. We have all been spoiled. This is a world crisis and nothing to do with Brexit.
I’m happy to be a little Englander ( love that turn of phrase ) I’m happy to have a couple of holidays a year in the Canaries, I’m happy to get away from the bully boys of the EU and I’m happy that Boris is doing the best he can under such awful circumstances for any PM since the War, I guess I’m just happy :0)
Wood burners are just as bad for the environment, the only option for the future is electricity from green sources or nuclear power stations at a pinch. We shouldn't even be considering coal or other fossil fuels in any way shape of form as while they are on the table they will be used both domestically and by industry. If they remain relatively easy to access less effort will be made to develop the alternatives. If situated as we are on a bloomin island we can't develop really effective power from the tides we deserve all we get. Add wind, solar and inland hydroelectric sources we should be blessed with an abundance of energy.
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