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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    Our government goes out of it's way to irritate Putin and Russia. They think it's clever, it just seems stupid to me.
    The utter stupidity of it is becoming more apparent by the day.

    "Russia accused of rigging gas prices to undermine Britain’s economic recovery. State-owned Gazprom accused of market manipulation, which threatens to plunge UK food supply chain into chaos"

    "Russia has been accused of increasing gas prices in a bid to undermine Britain and the EU’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy corporation, is facing an investigation into a spike in the cost of natural gas and a knock-on effect that threatens to disrupt the supply of meat in the food chain within a fortnight. On Friday night, more than 40 MEPs signed a letter accusing Gazprom of “deliberate market manipulation” by ratcheting up gas prices to record levels. On Monday, electricity prices in the UK surged to 11 times above normal levels – a record high caused by a crunch in the gas supply chain and a lack of wind to power turbines. The growing crisis will fuel fears that the Kremlin is able to exert “massive leverage” over Europe through its supply of natural gas."


    If you keep poking a bear with a stick, it's going to get a bit annoyed innit. Even I know that, but it seems our dumb**** politicians are going to have to find out the hard way.

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    sinkov --it really doesn't matter because we won't be using gas any more, it will all be replaced by wind power, water power, anything else green etc.,etc. --------of course there will be many pigs flying well before then and the greens will be moaning about pig sh1t being all over the place.

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    Meet the most dangerous thing on the planet-- SMART STUPID PEOPLE. There is nothing worse. They believe fantasy stories like men and Women are a social construct, the believe White people are all Systemically Racist. They believe the Taliban would be Diverse and not patriarchal. They believe in mask and vaccine mandates for all. and yes, they believe Climate science is settled and can be modelled effectively. This is why we are screwed and will continue to be so. If climate change is effected by man and CO2 systemically then here is an idea. Before we spend Trillions on all this how about a legal provision that binds the Smart Stupid to accountability for their actions. So, if global temp does NOT fall as predicted by their Science after effecting the policies, they have dictated they are all placed in prison for 25 years as Liars and fraudsters. Fair exchange? Accountability in exchange for the courage of their convictions and "Science"?? Any taker you reckon? I say, never because they are without principals and use any issue to remove your freedom and increase centralised power. It’s a dangerous game. It's the way of the world so get ready for food shortages, power outages etc and worse as the Smart Stupid continue to wreak havoc across the world in the name of UN AGENDA 30 and WEF's Great Reset. Who will stop them???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadlydave View Post
    Meet the most dangerous thing on the planet-- SMART STUPID PEOPLE.....
    Yeah Smart Stupid vs Stupid Stupid

    Smart Stupid=
    Things are changing on planet earth and quite fast if we look at earlier change... are there anyone who predicted such a change? Oh yes... climate scientists... many we should give them some more money and ask them to write a rapport and then take it from there...
    A virus seem to be spreading, in some areas quite a lot of people need hospital treatment and reports of a high number of deaths and there are talk of hospitals collapsing... should we perhaps do something? We don’t want our own hospitals collapsing... What are others doing? Who knows about such things? Ok maybe we should ask them...

    Stupid Stupid=
    What!? What are you talking about? My life is quite ok... it was better when it was OK to exploit others, but I’m quite content. Yeah people elsewhere are may be experiencing drought, floods, hunger etc. but that’s the way of the world and not my problem. You are making a fuzz, let things be! No I haven’t studied any of this, but I can see what goes on from my couch can I not? Scientists always has their own agenda and want more power that’s the way of mankind. Don’t trust people in power.


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    "Mounting fears of a 1970s-style three-day week as Britain's energy crunch deepens. Rocketing power prices and a gas storage crisis threaten the recovery and leave the UK at the mercy of Russia's Vladimir Putin

    British manufacturing leaders fear an industrial collapse over the winter as spiralling gas and electricity prices overwhelm the country’s energy defences. Wafer-thin gas reserves have left the British economy almost uniquely vulnerable to an extreme global supply squeeze, and dangerously reliant on cross-Channel interconnectors that may be curtailed if Europe itself faces power blackouts and serious industrial stoppages. Andrew Large, the outgoing chairman of the Energy Intensive Users Group, said: “It is potentially catastrophic. We’re already seeing plant closures at a time of year when the weather is still warm and domestic heating is low. Fast forward two months and this could be an acute crisis."


    I'm stocking up on candles.

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    "THE main boiler house of Ferrybridge C was demolished last month. Built between 1962-8, it was a 2GW coal-fired power station in use until 2016. Its flattening is a timely reminder of Britain’s deluded energy policy. As of writing on Monday morning, coal is providing about 3 per cent of the energy required by the National Grid. By contrast, in 2012, coal accounted for 43 per cent of energy produced in the United Kingdom. Most of our old coal plants weren’t mothballed in case of future need. They were razed to the ground, thereby burning the bridges back to sanity. The prospect of demolishing them after the creation of a sustainable basis of power generation apparently never crossed ministers’ minds.

    Gas is now the dominant fossil fuel. As of Monday morning, it accounts for 52.4 per cent of our energy needs. The slight problem in this is that its wholesale price has risen by 250 per cent since January. It’s the perfect storm: a miserable spring ran down European gas stocks, the pandemic disrupted global output of gas, shipping is disrupted, and demand in Asia for LNG (liquefied natural gas) is through the roof. And in another act of great foresight, British authorities decided to decimate our strategic gas storage facilities by closing the Rough facility off the Yorkshire coast, a site which formerly accounted for 70 per cent of the UK’s gas storage capacity.

    But not to worry, we have all those wind turbines to pick up the slack, right? We might, if the wind were to blow. At time of writing, wind is supplying just 7.8 per cent of our energy needs, and solar another 5.6 per cent. We have been reduced to something akin to the ancient tribes of Britannia, praying to the gods to change the weather in our favour. Perhaps a few offerings to the deities and the wind will pick up, allowing us to put the kettle on again.

    After all, there aren’t many other options. Due to the noise of the eco-lobby, the government has long neglected nuclear. Hinkley Point C is under construction in Somerset (with the involvement of the Chi-coms, natch), but a large part of our nuclear power production facilities is due to go offline over the next decade or so. Lacking self-sufficiency, we are forced to import both electricity and fossil fuels from overseas. A well-timed fire at a French interconnector has brought this external reliance into question.

    Rocketing energy prices have forced two of the UK’s largest fertiliser plants to close. You need gas to make ammonia to make the fertiliser. Still, to the eco-nuts of loony-greendom, a dearth of crops might herald a few deaths here or there from starvation, which would be a useful step in reducing humanity’s carbon footprint. Other UK industries will suffer too, with companies unable to remain competitive amid record-high energy prices. Perhaps we will reach ‘net zero’ simply by de-industrialising our economy.

    Some are blaming the Ruskis (when don’t they?) Russian supply of LNG to Europe has been restricted this year, worsening the situation. For those who perceive Russia as our greatest geopolitical foe, perhaps engineering an energy policy that is reliant upon their gas deliveries is not the brightest idea. That said, in 2020 only 12 per cent of our LNG imports came directly from Russia, although indirect imports mean that figure is likely higher. Much easier to blame the Russians and set the narrative up in good time. Just remember: when the lights go off, it won’t be because of Vlad."

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    This Tory government begs the same question we regularly ask of our offensive coaching staff, "Just what do they do all day?"

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    For decades, Israel was an energy-starved country surrounded by hostile, oil-rich neighbours.

    Now it has a different problem. Thanks to major offshore discoveries over the last decade, it has more natural gas than it can use or readily export.

    Having plenty of gas is hardly a burden, and it offers a cleaner-burning alternative to Israel’s long time power sources. But it presents challenges for a country that wants to extract geopolitical and economic benefits from a rare energy windfall, including building better relations with its neighbours and Europe.

    Part of the problem is timing. Just as Israel prepares to produce and export large amounts of gas, the United States, Australia, Qatar and Russia are flooding the market with cheap gas. The other is math: Israel’s 8.5 million people use in a year less than 1 percent of the gas that has been found in the country’s waters.

    “We have a surplus of gas,” Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interview. “Israeli waters are swimming in gas, and what we have discovered is only the beginning.”
    Noble Energy, a Houston-based company that made its first discovery of gas in Israel in 1999, has found more than 30 trillion cubic feet of gas off the country’s coast over the last decade. Some experts say new discoveries could double that.
    Israel is also stepping up exports to neighbours like Jordan and Egypt. There are even plans to supply gas to a power plant in the West Bank for Palestinian customers.

    Yet these efforts will make only a dent in the country’s reserves.

    Israeli policymakers long favoured a proposal to build a pipeline to Europe through Turkey. But relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have deteriorated in recent years, closing that option, at least for now.

    But some Israeli experts doubt that the country will become a big exporter and would be happy to see the gas remain at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    This Tory government begs the same question we regularly ask of our offensive coaching staff, "Just what do they do all day?"
    Tories or not makes no difference BT, the Eco-Loons run Labour and the LibDems as well as the Tories. Remember this headline in the Grauniad ?

    "Fracking halted in England in major government U-turn. Victory for green groups follows damning scientific study and criticism from spending watchdog."

    Now we know what victory for the eco-loons looks like, the lights going out and food shortages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    This Tory government begs the same question we regularly ask of our offensive coaching staff, "Just what do they do all day?"
    I presume they gave you an offensive reply

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