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My interview about energy supply
September 20, 2021 11 Comments
Here is my interview today on talkRadio with Mike Graham about energy supply:
Part A
Part B
September 20, 2021 11 Comments
11 Comments
agricola September 20, 2021
Very sensible comment throughout. We cannot avoid the accusation that Governments attitude to security of energy supply has been very casual in the extreme. One could say that the race to green has blinkered government. This combined with the besotted way that it has been left to the EU to set and control policy, even as a legacy post Brexit does not say much for the quality of our politicians or their civil servants. It just emphasises how incompetent our governance is. Await the same scenario re personal and public transport. You sow the seeds of a good hammering in 2024, but alternatives do not at present exist.
The Prangwizard September 20, 2021
Very nice. No-one could possibly get upset with what Sir John says.
Just heard Kwasi Kwarteng say our gas supplies are secure but we are too dependent on fossil fuels and we must expand our renewables.
This Tory government’s minds are rotted with greenery to the extent that they will continue along the insane path of destroying our security our economy and our health, making sure Carrie and ‘Boris’ are warm though. Do they have log burners in their country properties I wonder for back up and comfort?
The Tory government just hopes as does Sir John that all will be well and not many people get into debt or die of cold because they can’t pay their bills. Sir John will continue his 20 years of ‘urging’ change. Clearly government takes no notice and ‘urging’ is as strong an action as he dare take.
Cynic September 20, 2021
There is a sound of chickens coming home to roost.
Jim Whitehead September 21, 2021
+1
alan jutson September 20, 2021
Sensible Questions, Sensible Answers, unfortunately not enough sensible people in Government.
DOM September 20, 2021
Not one single Tory MP has rejected climate change orthodoxy nor attacked the ideology of environmental and green politics.
Both parties and ALL THEIR MPS are directly responsible for what we are seeing. It is not good enough to ask polite questions and still remain loyal to this odious hypocrite as PM
We know every Tory MP does not believe in this green nonsense and yet they say they do to maintain party loyalty and so we have to pick up the cost of their double dealing. It is this nauseating double standards that we find deeply offensive and at some point the voter will recognise this abuse of their goodwill
Jim Whitehead September 21, 2021
DOM, +1,
Forgive me for inattention to trivia, but was Kwasi Kwarteng one of the Ministers who didn’t lose his job. . . ?
Wasn’t he given a Ladybird primer on energy production and use when he first took the office?
When, Sir John, does urge give way to apoplexy?
Roy Grainger September 20, 2021
Interesting interview.
Gas is a fossil fuel. It’s price is now very high for consumers some of whom can’t afford it so will have to use less. So high also that fertiliser plants that generate a lot of CO2 have shut down. And we don’t have enough domestic gas supply as we effectively banned fracking. This is all in line with government policy, every bit of it, it’s exactly in line with the way they intend to meet net zero. So why on earth are they acting as if it’s a problem ? It’s what they wanted, why aren’t they happy ? It’s a puzzle.
keith bradshaw September 21, 2021
BEIS allowed our gas storage at Rough to close. The decision to close was made in 2017, no doubt to make us even more dependent on the EU.
I guess the BEIS people who made this decision are all promoted now.
Excellent exposition. I hope this puts more pressure on the government to sharpen up its act, such as taking Ofgem to task and also in reopening the Rough field storage capacity.
September 20, 2021
Very sensible comment throughout. We cannot avoid the accusation that Governments attitude to security of energy supply has been very casual in the extreme. One could say that the race to green has blinkered government. This combined with the besotted way that it has been left to the EU to set and control policy, even as a legacy post Brexit does not say much for the quality of our politicians or their civil servants. It just emphasises how incompetent our governance is. Await the same scenario re personal and public transport. You sow the seeds of a good hammering in 2024, but alternatives do not at present exist.
September 20, 2021
Very nice. No-one could possibly get upset with what Sir John says.
Just heard Kwasi Kwarteng say our gas supplies are secure but we are too dependent on fossil fuels and we must expand our renewables.
This Tory government’s minds are rotted with greenery to the extent that they will continue along the insane path of destroying our security our economy and our health, making sure Carrie and ‘Boris’ are warm though. Do they have log burners in their country properties I wonder for back up and comfort?
The Tory government just hopes as does Sir John that all will be well and not many people get into debt or die of cold because they can’t pay their bills. Sir John will continue his 20 years of ‘urging’ change. Clearly government takes no notice and ‘urging’ is as strong an action as he dare take.
September 20, 2021
There is a sound of chickens coming home to roost.
September 21, 2021
+1
September 20, 2021
Sensible Questions, Sensible Answers, unfortunately not enough sensible people in Government.
September 20, 2021
Not one single Tory MP has rejected climate change orthodoxy nor attacked the ideology of environmental and green politics.
Both parties and ALL THEIR MPS are directly responsible for what we are seeing. It is not good enough to ask polite questions and still remain loyal to this odious hypocrite as PM
We know every Tory MP does not believe in this green nonsense and yet they say they do to maintain party loyalty and so we have to pick up the cost of their double dealing. It is this nauseating double standards that we find deeply offensive and at some point the voter will recognise this abuse of their goodwill
September 21, 2021
DOM, +1,
Forgive me for inattention to trivia, but was Kwasi Kwarteng one of the Ministers who didn’t lose his job. . . ?
Wasn’t he given a Ladybird primer on energy production and use when he first took the office?
When, Sir John, does urge give way to apoplexy?
September 20, 2021
Interesting interview.
Gas is a fossil fuel. It’s price is now very high for consumers some of whom can’t afford it so will have to use less. So high also that fertiliser plants that generate a lot of CO2 have shut down. And we don’t have enough domestic gas supply as we effectively banned fracking. This is all in line with government policy, every bit of it, it’s exactly in line with the way they intend to meet net zero. So why on earth are they acting as if it’s a problem ? It’s what they wanted, why aren’t they happy ? It’s a puzzle.
September 21, 2021
BEIS allowed our gas storage at Rough to close. The decision to close was made in 2017, no doubt to make us even more dependent on the EU.
I guess the BEIS people who made this decision are all promoted now.
September 21, 2021
Excellent exposition. I hope this puts more pressure on the government to sharpen up its act, such as taking Ofgem to task and also in reopening the Rough field storage capacity.
September 21, 2021
Why did the Tory government stop fracking?