Unacceptable

[imagine]

Its all out there folks....

"Britain’s Energy Gap

By 2015, it is possible that the UK will face electricity shortages, as old power stations go ‘off-line’ before their replacements are ready.

To help prevent such an energy gap emerging, plans are in place to build another seven coal-fired stations, delivering an additional 10 – 12 GW, despite the fact that coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels.

The much talked-about next generation of nuclear power stations, if built at all, will take somewhere between 12 and 20 years to build, so won't be producing full power until the late 2020s. Renewables, perhaps including the Severn Barrage, could be making electricity faster, perhaps producing as much as 40% of our electricity needs by 2020, but enormous challenges need to be overcome, including planning and grid connection constraints, financial incentives for developers, and the supply chains for materials, equipment and skilled engineers."

http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/them...rgy/the-future

well the mines should never have been closed, instead investment and modernisation, but its too late now, thank you maggie, and thank you unions for helping it come about

[lastlid]

they even reacon that we will have power cuts back too, get them candles in ready i say

The last house I bought in Manchester had heaps of glass in it and had a southerly aspect such that the house had the sun flooding into it it all day long (on a sunny day of course ). Yet many buy houses with a northerly aspect and get no sun whatsoever.....

[stevewool]

another saving for us poor people, go out and window shop in all these new shopping centres, lots of free seats to sit on and just watch the world go by, take some sarnies and a flask , bobs your uncle, what other savings can we all make

[lastlid]

another saving for us poor people, go out and window shop in all these new shopping centres, lots of free seats to sit on and just watch the world go by, take some sarnies and a flask , bobs your uncle, what other savings can we all make

Thats what the wife says happens in the Phils except in reverse.

[Dedworth]

Cost of a season ticket and sky sports subscriptions?

I've got Chelsea membership which is about £30 a year, cancelled Sky Sports years ago better to watch games in the pub and my mates company has 5 seats at The Bridge so I get a few hospitality trips in

[Dedworth]

Anyhow back on topic all we need do is follow disgraced ex Energy Secretary Chris Huhne's advice of a year ago (17/10/2011) and change suppliers

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has said that people have to check that they are on the cheapest available energy tariff and whether they could save money by paying by direct debit.

He was speaking after a summit with the six biggest power firms, consumer groups and regulator Ofgem.

The summit discussed whether bills were higher because of lack of competition.

The prime minister said that the government needed to work "harder and faster" to bring down energy bills.

David Cameron called for a "trusted, simple and transparent" market.

"We should be checking to see whether or not we're on the cheapest tariff," Mr Huhne said after the summit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15308005

It's business as usual for the greedy energy suppliers