Can we keep the lights on this winter?
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Do You Think the New Pm Would Be Wise to Convene a Cobra Meeting?
We are in an economic war of sorts, and the uk. Is at risk right now. We have an electricity system which is more reliant in gas than most countries in europe. Because of our history of the north sea we still get forty to 50 % of our electricity from burning gas. So far, the yuke government hasn't wanted to go down the road of asking people to cut demand, cut consumption. Andth there are some reasonably soun reasons for that. It's a hard thing to do safely, and you don't necessarally want to move too early at a time when the u k. Is not yet experiencing physical shortages. But we could do this winter
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