WHO TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT?

"How am I supposed to cook mi' greens without 'lectic?"

When more than 100 energy companies, charities and businesses have found it necessary to join forces to warn David Cameron that Britain is heading for a fuel poverty crisis owing to a failure of Government policy, you know we are heading for deep trouble!

 

In a letter to the Prime Minister, and reported in The Times, they have pointed out that Ministers are not doing enough to tackle soaring Gas and Electricity bills that leave a growing number of people unable to heat their homes.
 

The energy regulator (Ofgem) has now announced that building dozens of new gas plants to fill the generation gap looming in 2015 would not be enough unless a change in energy efficiency resulted in a dramatic fall in consumption.

Just to rub our noses in in the mire a little further, Tim Yeo, the Chairman of the Commons energy committee, said that he was worried that people were not sufficiently aware that higher energy bills were looming.

Now just to remind you, Tim Yeo MP is a director of ITI Energy, AFC Energy, Eurotunnel and  Chairman of TMO Renewables for which it is reported he was paid £135,970 last year by three 'green' companies. - Whilst being questioned about energy prices, he told the BBC: “I personally think that a couple of pounds a week, maybe rising to almost £3 a week, is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut greenhouse gases.”

 “I’ve been concerned for some time that we are not preparing the public well enough for what is likely to be further increases in energy prices,” he said.

"I wouldn't have invested in 'em if I didn't think they'd work!"

So now these wonderful politicians who have brought about yet another crisis by deliberately running down the power generating capacity in the UK, have got their heads together and implemented their solution – fill the land with more windmills and bloody mirrors! – Brilliant! 

At this moment its very cold and very still (as it usually is during cold snaps when high pressure lingers) No number of wind turbines can help at these times.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that thousands of smart meters are being introduced to limit our use of electricity. It’s also a way to introduce rolling blackouts (or worse). Admittedly there’s an increasing emphasis on pushing for more energy efficiency; which makes economic sense, but the key to a thriving economy is abundance cheap energy which enables long-term investment in high energy manufacturing. Something that wind farms and solar fields cannot supply! 

"I WOULD! ...IN FACT I DID!"

In other words, the Government’s policy is the opposite of what it should be.

I'm not going to speculate on whether these policies are deliberately wrong or whether it’s just because we’ve been led by idiots for so long. I’ll let you decide. But sadly the majority of the electorate is compiled of Labour, Tory and Lib/Dem sheep, who blindly vote for their party, despite their half-baked policies or disastrous past performances!

So when the lights start going out, I propose that non-essential services should lose power first. Starting with Green Party Headquarters (who incidentally, do not appear to have installed solar panels or wind powered back up on their Central London Building!) followed by The Palace of Westminster, (Parliament and the House of Lords) The BBC, Newspapers, any building containing bureaucrats, plus QUANGOS, and any other building containing eco-people that peddles ‘Greenness’. 

They wanted it, they can have it and welcome!

It seems to me that either the MPs wake up and reject this impending 'green' disaster or the voters must seek parties that will, such as UKIP.

 
As I've mentioned in previous musings, democracy, like our energy, is rapidly fading away as our leaders strive to please their EU masters. Who knows, perhaps daily blackouts, which now seem inevitable, will be the turning point when the people of Britain finally see the light!