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Blackouts may be imposed on cold weekday evenings, National Grid chief warns
SKY News ^ | October 18, 2022 | By Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

Posted on 10/18/2022 6:56:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The head of Britain's electricity and gas systems' operator has told households to prepare for blackouts between 4pm and 7pm on weekdays during "really, really cold" days in January and February if gas imports are reduced.

John Pettigrew, the National Grid chief, said blackouts would have to be imposed during the "deepest darkest evenings" in January and February if electricity generators did not have enough gas to meet demand, especially if there is a period of cold weather.

Britain gets 40% of its electricity from gas-fired power stations while gas heats the vast majority of homes.

Although Britain does not import gas from Russian, it does import electricity and gas from European countries that rely on Russian gas.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; propaganda; socialism; unitedkingdom
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Europe urgently needs global warming.
1 posted on 10/18/2022 6:56:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Great job.

Go green and bring in a ton of Indian and Paki trash.


2 posted on 10/18/2022 6:57:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They just need normal lower plants.

They’ve cut their own throats over bogus global warming concerns.

Let them all freeze.


3 posted on 10/18/2022 6:58:38 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Speak of, where is climate change? Shouldn’t these really cold days be mild at their worst?


4 posted on 10/18/2022 6:59:30 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, at least they HAVE a plan, unlike Brandon who wants our heat and electrical outages to be a SURPRISE!

What a man-made MESS!


5 posted on 10/18/2022 6:59:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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6 posted on 10/18/2022 7:00:14 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stay warm by expending energy by literally throwing out the slime running your country.

Cleaning house corrects many problems.


7 posted on 10/18/2022 7:00:38 AM PDT by dforest
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To: EEGator

How dare they.


8 posted on 10/18/2022 7:00:41 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

PRIOR to 21 Jan 2021 this would NEVER have been an issue let alone a possibility. Any guesses why this is suddenly happening in 2022. Maybe 1922, but 2022? C’mon, man!!


9 posted on 10/18/2022 7:00:50 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This winter, Britain is going to mysteriously lose a lot of tree cover.


10 posted on 10/18/2022 7:02:06 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It sure does seem to me that ALL of this “Energy Shortage” business began at the same exact time that Brandon decided to kneecap our oil production. Is it just me? The USA...the worlds most productive supplier of oil cancels a major pipeline and cuts production in January 2001 and here the world is now with the highest gas/oil prices. And Brandon is draining our strategic oil reserves??? Somethings gotta give!


11 posted on 10/18/2022 7:02:46 AM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There is no climate change. It will take millions of years to change the climate...if it happens at all.


12 posted on 10/18/2022 7:03:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t think the communists’ green “energy” fiasco is going to work. It’s like those burgers and chicken nuggets made of grass clippings. Another RAT pipe dream made up of fake news.


13 posted on 10/18/2022 7:03:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Veto Beto, FJB.)
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To: know.your.why

Correction...January 2001 should be January 2021.


14 posted on 10/18/2022 7:04:08 AM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They need to restore fracking. UK has large Natural gas reserves they are sitting on.


15 posted on 10/18/2022 7:08:01 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Sacajaweau

“It will take millions of years to change the climate...if it happens at all.”

Not true. Just over 12 thousand years ago we were in an ice age. The Great Lakes are a result of the thawing of that ice. The occasional earthquakes in OK and MO, etc, are the result of the ice receding from those regions.

Then came the mini ice age.

And absolutely NONE OF IT was from human activities.

NONE OF IT!!!!!!


16 posted on 10/18/2022 7:10:25 AM PDT by crz
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17 posted on 10/18/2022 7:12:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So why aren’t they launching a crash program to build millions of windmills and solar farms? Come on, Euro greenie weenies...you know in your heart that’s the solution. Right? Just ignore what physics, science, engineering and technology all say...the solution is renewables!


18 posted on 10/18/2022 7:28:27 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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To: OHPatriot

Something DOES seem to have happened in January 2021. If only we could figure it out.


19 posted on 10/18/2022 7:31:50 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's good that Brandon has everything shipshape in the USA, right?

US Distillate Fuel Oil Stocks

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

20 posted on 10/18/2022 7:36:14 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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