Yet Another Issue Caused By The Left.

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1361787/energy-crunch-plan-to-keep-the-lights-on

This was known about in Blairs day, when they had some money. Shame they squandered it on right-on projects like wind farms and failed multi cultural experiments.

And four years into the coalition Government, stiull reality has not sunk in. It's coal, gas or Nuclear or the lights will go out. With even the most basic of generators taking 3 years to build time is running out fast. Wind will not fill the gap in any shape or form.

Energy Minister Matt Hancock said lights would stay on across the country, well he would do, but with only 4% buffer he had better have his fingers crossed there are no problems with any of the current generators.

My, what a mess.

[youngmafbog]

Actually Gromit, as you must well know from my previous posts, I do not agree with Utility companies being owned by anyone but the Government.

Run privately, fine - but definitely owned by a Govenrment.

[mikey4444]

On that point YMB, we appear to have one of our rare points of agreement !

[Gromit]

// Run privately, fine - but definitely owned by a Govenrment. //

Eh?

[mikey4444]

I know what he means Gromit....we should never have allowed all our infrastructure to be owned by foreigners. Its ludicrous that we should allow ourselves to be held to ransom by people we have no control over, and that, hopefully, is not a party-political point.

[Gromit]

Mikey

OK, please explain it to me. Run privately but owned by the Government is a contradiction in terms. The electricity boards were extremely well run, which is why the French and Germans snapped them up at fire sale prices.