Posted on 09/21/2022 7:57:51 AM PDT by rktman
Despite the ongoing gas crisis, Liz Truss has promised that the United Kingdom will not ration energy over the coming winter months.
Energy rationing will not come into effect in the United Kingdom over the coming winter, Liz Truss has promised, despite the significant supply shortages currently facing the country.
While no doubt a relief for many private citizens and households in the country, Truss’ promise that ordinary Britons will also not be forced to pay above and beyond for the unrationed energy raises questions as to just how the newly minted Prime Minister expects to make it through the winter without rationing, with the refusal to raise prices appearing to be at least somewhat incompatible with a refusal to ration supply.
Nevertheless, according to a report by broadcaster Sky News, Liz Truss said that she will not be expecting the general public to restrict their energy consumption over the coming months.
“We are not talking about [the] rationing of energy,” the Prime Minister remarked on Tuesday.
Truss went on to say that, while it was important that Britain be willing to pay more for energy if it means greater supply security and relying less on authoritarian regimes, the UK population should not be expected to pick up the cost of such an endeavour, with the Prime Minister promising that she will soon cap prices at £2,500 (~$2,850).
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“Read my lips.”
Hopefully there won't be any more Aberfans.
Won’t capping prices be de facto rationing?
She’s opening up fossil fuel sources...fracking for one.
The Finns are going to have their vast herds of Energy unicorns swim the North Sea to arrive in Merry Olde England just in time to plug their natural gas-producing ports into the Brit energy grid.
I’m sure someone will toss the much talked about monkey wrench in to the gears. Or at least attempt to. “Why yes Virginia, people really are that stoopid.”
If prices are high enough. And people feel enough pain/ cold..
It could make the greenies back off enough to not protest massive ramp up on nuke plants.
If the UK goes hard core enough on nukes, they could really make a push for “green” programs and push for all electric vehicles going forward.
Then it’s Truss vs. the European Union. Which side then is lying?
European Union President Proposes Cutting Off Electricity to Consumers to ‘Flatten the Curve’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4093184/posts
“Read my lips.”
I think it’s more of not understanding that Europe has a LIMITED SUPPLY of energy, if they won’t let prices increase 10-fold, there will have to be shortages, and there is NOTHING that Europe can do (short of pulling out Ukraine) at this point to make things better.
The power plants should be converted to run on gasoline or kerosene.
Jets use liquid fuel turbines.
Jimmy Carter still have that sweater?
The green agenda, "liberal word order" war in Ukraine and needs of the elite take priority over the peon citizenry.
Take yer pick:
A. Liz Truss is lying.
B. Liz Truss is hopelessly naive.
C. Folks in the UK will have to mortgage their homes to pay their utility bills.
None of those choices are good. Pity they didn’t listen to Trump back in 2018.
Rather than price cap government subsidies, perhaps government incentives for reduced consumption:
If say you reduce your December 2022 consumption (measured by physical amount, i.e. kwh, mcf) by 25% compared to December 2021, the government would pay 25% of reasonable December 2022 charges.
If say you reduce your January 2023 consumption by 30% compared to January 2022, the government would pay 30% of reasonable January 2023 charges.
This might be good for five monthly billing periods, say bills issued in December through April.
So it’s rationing then.
L
Ask me how I know.
If the Brits did the same thing that the US government watermelons did, they're screwed, too.
So it’s rationing then.
Hey! What's wrong with you? Her word is gold. As golden as Hunter telling a 14 year old, "I promise not to ___ in your mouth."
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