British Gas warns there is only a week of supply left
UK storage sites only half full as Britain braces for low wind speeds and freezing temperatures
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Power cuts by the weekend ?
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Edited that for you.
And the current lot seem to be ignoring energy too because they seem to think drilling for oil and gas can be ended .......
It amounts to the same thing, but profit in the private sector always trumps the wider public interest unless governments intervene.
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Don't worry, Milliband has it all under control ...
the Tory propaganda outlet complains that flogging our energy infrastructure has left us vulnerable to power outagesBritish Gas warns there is only a week of supply left
UK storage sites only half full as Britain braces for low wind speeds and freezing temperatures
you couldnt make it up
how is drilling for oil going to sort out the shortage of gas storage?
What do the figures actually mean? Apparently, our total gas storage capacity is 12 days. And we are currently down to half that i.e. 6 days. And this is 25% lower than the same point last year. But presumably the gas supplies are constantly being topped up. How does it all fit together?
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And when you read other outlets, the position isn't as bad
The issue appears to be actual storage of the gas, not the availability of it.
For some reason (previous government policies) we store less than many other European countries and rely on delivery more.
The issue appears to be actual storage of the gas, not the availability of it.
For some reason (previous government policies) we store less than many other European countries and rely on delivery more.
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"we only have a week left"British Gas warns there is only a week of supply left
UK storage sites only half full as Britain braces for low wind speeds and freezing temperatures
yeah but gas is constantly being delivered into storage
the question is how long would it be before we run out of gas in store at the current rate of use..........thats not 6 days
The video embedded here is a good explanation of the issue with gas for Europe and the UK. Remember, we are part of the energy market with Europe still, and with Russian gas being stopped, that has put a squeeze on what we (UK & Europe) can use and store.
We have increased LNG imports (US & Qatar) but this hasn't compensated for the drop in Russian gas.
Norway, UK, and Netherlands are the other main supplies, and these are not big enough to replace this supply.
Decarbonisation (largely electrification and low carbon supplies) is the best option at this stage.
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We squandered our gas thanks to Thatcher, when we could have gone nuclear.
We have increased LNG imports (US & Qatar) but this hasn't compensated for the drop in Russian gas.
Norway, UK, and Netherlands are the other main supplies, and these are not big enough to replace this supply.
Decarbonisation (largely electrification and low carbon supplies) is the best option at this stage.
Squeeze on supply puts pressure on gas prices
This time last year, the continent had a near-unprecedented amount of gas stored away. But the amount of gas in storage - a key buffer - has dropped rapidly in recent months.
We squandered our gas thanks to Thatcher, when we could have gone nuclear.
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Unfortunately they got rid of the wrong Miliband, the thunderbird puppet should have been leader.
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