I wonder how many people realise the ridiculous situation we are now saddled with? Our system has worked beautifully for 100 years and then a pile of deluded idiots come along and break it completely.

Yes, but we don't have control over Putin and his cronies - the current crisis being primarily driven by the world market price of fossil fuels - the immediate problem isn't lack of generating capacity but lack of affordable fuel. Surely far better to move to a system as far as reasonably practical that doesn't need fuel at all but can be supplied by our own natural and replaceable resources?

    - Andy.

This is correct.

We have no control over Putin  And we need affordable fuel urgently. Unfortunately our ability to be self sufficient has be taken away. We have generations worth of fossil fuels under our feet.

Also, unfortunately our gutless snowflake leaders are powerless to use our abundant energy sources, them having all been taken over by environmental lunatics who's ambitions are to destroy our society.

The present high price of natural gas is due largely to putins war.  It therefore seems prudent to increase use of renewable electricity sources, so far as weather conditions permit. We will still need natural gas for when wind and solar are lacking.

But to be burning expensive imported gas during windy or bright conditions  is unwise. Wind power recently reached a new record, BUT we were still burning gas even when wind was plentiful. Energy security will be improved by generating more of our electricity from renewables within our own territory. 

Better to be reliant on expensive gas for 25% of our needs rather than for 50%

The present high price of natural gas is due largely to putins war.  It therefore seems prudent to increase use of renewable electricity sources, so far as weather conditions permit. We will still need natural gas for when wind and solar are lacking.

But to be burning expensive imported gas during windy or bright conditions  is unwise. Wind power recently reached a new record, BUT we were still burning gas even when wind was plentiful. Energy security will be improved by generating more of our electricity from renewables within our own territory. 

Better to be reliant on expensive gas for 25% of our needs rather than for 50%

More wind and solar equals more uncertainty with our energy stability. What we need is a slow transition and investment in that. Maybe it'll take 100 years. In the meantime we must use our own source of fossil fuels. These fuels got us to where we are today and will guide us to the future in a stable transition.

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