31-08-2022, 13:54
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Re: The energy crisis
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Have you been to Hornsea? It's always blowing a gale ! Thank God the hell hole is good something. Nearly as bad as Cleethorpes  |
If it is always blowing a gale then it is the best place for a windfarm surely.
A bigger one at Dogger Bank due to come online next year as outlined in the link.
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01-09-2022, 09:22
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Re: The energy crisis
Shame we can't use all the hot air coming out of parliament. With a bit of care we could generate electricity and put a bit of extra heat in. Too much and they will doze off, especially their lordships. Or do we syphon it off to heat other buildings, clear the roads and chill the commons to generate more heat. Could almost be a perpetual motion machine. Feed in an edited selection of news, appropriate public statistics and get nice clean energy out. (Of course there is the other waste that comes out too that needs dealing with!)
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01-09-2022, 09:37
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Re: The energy crisis
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01-09-2022, 10:19
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Re: The energy crisis
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Taking from the rich to give to the poor? Won't go down well in Toryland . Robin of Sherwood would approve though.
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01-09-2022, 11:11
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Re: The energy crisis
Octopus make it clear they do not want the cap to rise next month
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01-09-2022, 12:33
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Octopus make it clear they do not want the cap to rise next month
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No one is forcing them to put their prices up
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01-09-2022, 12:46
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Re: The energy crisis
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No one is forcing them to put their prices up
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Probably the threat of bankruptcy if they don’t is focusing their mind - buying high selling at a loss is not a recipe for continuity…
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01-09-2022, 12:47
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Octopus make it clear they do not want the cap to rise next month
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Quote:
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No one is forcing them to put their prices up
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Despite your largely pointless quips, this is one where I was thinking the same.
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01-09-2022, 13:11
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Re: The energy crisis
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Despite your largely pointless quips, this is one where I was thinking the same.
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Point is the price cap does exactly that because the business without support would no longer be in business. I believe a number of suppliers went to the government with a package that would freeze prices but it was rejected
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01-09-2022, 15:18
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Re: The energy crisis
The area that seems not to be getting the coverage it needs is the business sector. We have businesses folding now due to energy shocks. This will increase manifold as we go into Winter and Spring. When businesses comes to the end of their current contracts, they have to go back to the market where there is no price cap, they have to pay the market rate their broker can get for them.
There are reports of 1 in 7 pubs could close this Winter. Other higher energy use businesses also face major problems e.g. Fish and chip shops, Dry Cleaners, etc. This is happening now and this Government is AWOL. Frightening ..
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01-09-2022, 15:33
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Re: The energy crisis
If the chippies close, the Govt will fall for sure. Bad potato harvest this year too.
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01-09-2022, 16:52
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Re: The energy crisis
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If the chippies close, the Govt will fall for sure. Bad potato harvest this year too.
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3chippies near me gone, it's all kebabs n pizza now.
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01-09-2022, 18:48
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Re: The energy crisis
I was wrong, it is not 1 in 7 pubs that expect to close without financial help, it is 7 out of 10
Three quarters of pubs facing extinction
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01-09-2022, 19:00
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Re: The energy crisis
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Except that it has been reported that help is coming for businesses.
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01-09-2022, 19:07
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Re: The energy crisis
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Except that it has been reported that help is coming for businesses.
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Between now and then they can pay the bills with entrepreneurial spirit 
I have to say OB I admire how passive you are being, considering every business was on the verge of collapsing if there was even a two or three week delay in easing Covid restrictions.
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