Britain has just 8 days of gas supplies left - Tories

Mr.Brown_4

Cleaver wrote: »

To be honest, I was leaving it as bait for the long-lost mewbie. I miss that cat.

Ah yes, perhaps I shoudl have left it for him as well. Oh well.

Tick, tock.

edgex

of course, with a lot of schools having been shut today, & many shut tomorrow, wont some of the assumed consumption of gas not actually happen

& with 125,000 g-rated boilers that could be replaced under the scrappage scheme, & more insulation & double-glazing going into houses, residential consumption of gas may actually start to reduce over the coming years.

C_Mababejive

edgex wrote: »

of course, with a lot of schools having been shut today, & many shut tomorrow, wont some of the assumed consumption of gas not actually happen

& with 125,000 g-rated boilers that could be replaced under the scrappage scheme, & more insulation & double-glazing going into houses, residential consumption of gas may actually start to reduce over the coming years.

A few schools shutting wont even show on the gas consumption radar. Large industrial consumers have been put on notice that they will be cutoff to preserve gas for domestic use. Known as interruptible supplies,they are given notice to turn gas off and usually have alternative fuels.

If all the G rated boilers are replaced with 40Kw combis then lord help us and our fuel bills.

Antispam

We have large stocks of coal we can use that if we are prepared to pay more and or use new technologies like carbon capture. It does work as seen it on tv worlds first carbon capture power plant in US

anon_ymous

Whilst I reckon we will eventually have to use fuel from renewable sources when the oil runs out, its always bugged me-what will plastic be made of? Or would it be possible to make plastics out of crushed plant oil?-obviously putting costs way up

My personal theory is
We're heading towards a low carbon economy still based on finance and not exports
To make devices "low carbon" manufacturers have to make devices more efficient(a little easier in computing as we had them efficient as they could be the day they were made lol, and companies STILL researched without gov't interference)
By making low cost, low power consumption devices, it would mean that we could finally switch for the majority of our power to be made by renewables instead of raw elements, bringing costs up for the first few years, down for the next few, and up again because of supply/demand, inflation etc...

Saying this, the UK still would not be making its own energy unless it uses wind only. I believe they're thinking of putting solar panels in the Sahara for energy over here. Its not economical or viable yet, but it is an idea. If only our country was more like Germany-they're very efficient and very economic unlike our gov'ts(no matter who you vote for)

kataklysm

Cleaver wrote: »

Two people from Lehman Brothers (so presumably a right pair of ars*holes)

:rotfl::rotfl:

Sir_Humphrey

C_Mababejive wrote: »

If all the G rated boilers are replaced with 40Kw combis then lord help us and our fuel bills.

My landlord has just replaced the boiler in my flat. It has cut my fuel bill hugely at zero investment cost to me.

Masomnia

Peak uranium already?

Al-Qaeda best get cracking!

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

HammerSmashedFace wrote: »

Within 4 decades the UK will be finished has habitable island on any kind of large scale.

Alrighty then......

C_Mababejive

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

My landlord has just replaced the bolier in my flat. It has cut my fuel bill hugely at zero investment cost to me.

Combis may suit in the right locations and for the right customer (like yourself) howver they do place an un-necessary strain on the water and gas supply networks in that they need minimum pressures to make them work. They also waste water in runnig off to reach hot water when using tap. water is like liquid gold in some countries and yet we run it down the drain.