Posted on 01/23/2023 1:06:33 AM PST by C19fan
A wee bit of hyperbole there. We're now approaching the end of the second colder-than-average period of the winter, and so far there have been no significant outages or shortages. There are contingency planning fallbacks (several of them more substantial than the arguably cosmetic one mentioned in the article), but so far there's been no need to implement any of them at scale.
And for the avoidance of doubt - the UK National Grid is not a Government agency.
Coming soon to a county near you.
There’s no shortage like an artificial shortage.
And the little people will flock to the National Sacrifice—throwing their children into a volcano if they are told it is necessary, and with glee at their own Goodness.
Welcome to the New World Order
Soon it will be— -Due to the lack of firewood you are not allowed to heat your cave during the winter months.
very astute
Brandon’s useful idiot days are over
meanwhile GEOengineering resumes
block out the sun to cool the planet
at the same time make us go solar
some days it seems as though the devil is in the driver’s seat
Always use a hashtag with #Ruling class. I was probably the first one to use #ruling class… so I get to have a little fun flowing it.
"Households could receive payments of up to £20 back if they don't use ovens, washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, games consoles or decide not to charge their cars during the peak (between 5pm and 6pm) tonight."
Everyone complies but at 7pm they turn everything on. No blackout? I really don't see how this will help.
They had an energy crisis when I was stationed there in the 1970s. The TV stations stopped broadcasting at 10PM. Their electricity was too damned expensive to use much of it anyway.
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