What’s the point of holding all the cards if we have to play by candlelight.
Not great for people who WFH. Will companies use this as a stick to beat people back into the office?
This was already posted but it was removed within a couple minutes because the prior OP messed up the title. Per subreddit rules the title is directly copypasted from the article and not editorialized in any way.
My opinion: obviously blackouts are tremendously bad for every industry within any electified economy but I think there’s a real chance that large numbers of pharmacies may not have backup generators. Some medicines need to be kept at very low temperatures. Next up for organizing access to generators would also be food banks and the cold chain in general, followed by any financial service firms that have a business model that brings in foreign currency, especially dollars.
I really hope that some of the more lucid ministers and committees are listening to whatever resilience experts are saying, because literally any of them could come up with much better shortlists than this halfassed thing I’ve posted.
Don’t worry, PM Liz Truss will know how to deal with this crisis!
/s
Apparently someone can’t take a joke
This is soooo romantic. Think of the positives.
* Cold bath with scented candles
* Candle light dinner
* Reading a good book before bed with candle light
* No more internet/Game consoles to distract people
Think of the niceties’ 😀
Some twat will be on about “Blitz Spirit” soon.
Born in the 60s, only fighting they ever saw was on the terraces.
Next up: fingerless gloves for all, fog everywhere, and a sense of camaraderie only found when sharing tender rat on a stick in the toasty glow of an underpass bin fire.
So much for being protected by Brexit.
Which was a line a few months back.
I was told voting for Corbyn would lead to inflation, blackouts, strikes, a tanking economy. These things were front and center of various right wing rags.
What the fuck do they think this is.
Privatization of energy doesn’t work. Look at the places with blackouts: Texas and California have privatized energy and forced blackouts. Time to nationaloze
saving some energy is never a bad thing. they should start with city office skycrapers who leave every light on 24 hours a day.
Another lie by a tory? Well, stone me. I’m starting to think they can’t be trusted…
My standing charge better be reimbursed for the days or hours I don’t have access to electricity!
I don’t get this. Only a few months ago they were saying that they only import 4% of gas from Russia and there was nothing to worry about. The remainder predominantly coming from the US and Qatar (50%). So the question is why they would run out. The only reason I can think of is that the government was too slow to act to make sure deals were in place this winter with the US, Norway and Qatar, and as a result other more proactive countries and trading blocks such as the EU (ironically), have signed deals ahead of them for a guaranteed supply. In which case the energy minister needs to be fired.
If they try to do blackouts in 2022 Britain I just hope we have the common sense to violently remove them from office.
Great, so we’re paying more for literally less service? Fuck this fucking government.
How about they start with turning off office block lights when no-one there, London for example, is lite up like a Christmas tree all year round!
What about the gas storage and our programme to build more nuclear power stations?
Oh wait yes the Tories happened.
My hospital is already seeing increased admissions of the elderly who are unwell due to a lack of food & heating at home, and cannot be discharged back to a home with the heating and electricity.
This will compound the problem so much more and affect the vulnerable the most.
I’m really considering purchasing a small-ish generator as an emergency measure to be able to have a bit of light / device charging / if gas is on then run boiler & pump etc.
So we had 2 lonely christmases with Covid and this Christmas it will be dark and cold….
I’m almost sure there is a song like that….
As someone who works from home, the idea of energy rationing scares the shit out of me. The cost of travelling in to the office would be substantially more than my monthly energy cost.
People laughed at me for my plethora of battery powered fairy lights and candles. Now who’s laughing
Lived through the 70’s, winter blackouts with everyone around a single candle.
Net result is that I always keep a box of candles and a lighter for emergencies…👍
Blackouts? In First World Country in Europe? In 2022?
lel, the Anti-Atom Lobby should be flayed alive and hanged.
One aspect of this that doesn’t appear to be mentioned much yet is how blackouts are going to play in Scotland with regard to support for independence.
Scotland exports electricity most of the time. We’re in a fortunate position to have a lot of wind and hydro and pumped storage relative to our size – in fact 97% of the year we generate more electricity *just from wind* than our domestic electricity requirements are. We’d likely have even more if it wasn’t for the Tories near total effective ban on new inshore wind turbine developments.
In addition to all that Scotland has gas fired power stations and about 50% of the UK’s gas production.
With all that in mind how well do you thing sitting in the cold and dark (and Scotland is a fair bit colder and darker than most of the U.K. in winter too) is going to go down with the average voter here?
People are already fairly pissed off that Scotland gets charged more for electricity than the rest of the U.K. despite generating a surplus. (And if you’ll recall cheaper energy was one of the ‘Better Together’ promises before the first indyref)
With another independence vote likely coming up in the next year or two blackouts ain’t going to do the Unionist side any favours.
Announce a 4 day working week to help reduce usage you cowards
Lets face it when we are all old we are going to over hype this to the grandkids.
“I remember the pandemic of 2020 the war in Europe and the winter of disconnect followed by the great recession. You young whippersnappers don’t know how good you got it”
Turn all the damn shop lights off at night when the stores are closed for business and empty of employees. I drive through town at around 11pm and it’s like Las Vegas! Seriously no one needs your entire store illuminated when it’s shut. Imagine the power that would save nationally if every high street enforced a ‘no lights left on’ rule.
Jacob Rees Mogg will be overjoyed the closer we get back to Victorian Britain the ha0ier the t**t is. Tories unfit to govern
But didn’t they say in 2019 that a Corbyn government would mean strikes and blackouts?
If they’re seriously contemplating rolling blackouts this winter for the first time since the 70s, they must know they’re not going to win the next election. Like there’s zero chance that a party that allows this to happen on their watch doesn’t get absolutely wiped out.
Cool, I’ll be poor, sad, lonely and now the new added feature.. shrouded in complete darkness.
Suicide rates are going to soar
How about we start by turning of all the useless lights and digital advert screens around our towns and cities, that will save a fair amount of electric right there! Then secondly we have sensors within government buildings to turn on/off lights so that will save electric also.
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What’s the point of holding all the cards if we have to play by candlelight.
Not great for people who WFH. Will companies use this as a stick to beat people back into the office?
This was already posted but it was removed within a couple minutes because the prior OP messed up the title. Per subreddit rules the title is directly copypasted from the article and not editorialized in any way.
My opinion: obviously blackouts are tremendously bad for every industry within any electified economy but I think there’s a real chance that large numbers of pharmacies may not have backup generators. Some medicines need to be kept at very low temperatures. Next up for organizing access to generators would also be food banks and the cold chain in general, followed by any financial service firms that have a business model that brings in foreign currency, especially dollars.
I really hope that some of the more lucid ministers and committees are listening to whatever resilience experts are saying, because literally any of them could come up with much better shortlists than this halfassed thing I’ve posted.
Don’t worry, PM Liz Truss will know how to deal with this crisis!
/s
Apparently someone can’t take a joke
This is soooo romantic. Think of the positives.
* Cold bath with scented candles
* Candle light dinner
* Reading a good book before bed with candle light
* No more internet/Game consoles to distract people
Think of the niceties’ 😀
Some twat will be on about “Blitz Spirit” soon.
Born in the 60s, only fighting they ever saw was on the terraces.
Next up: fingerless gloves for all, fog everywhere, and a sense of camaraderie only found when sharing tender rat on a stick in the toasty glow of an underpass bin fire.
So much for being protected by Brexit.
Which was a line a few months back.
I was told voting for Corbyn would lead to inflation, blackouts, strikes, a tanking economy. These things were front and center of various right wing rags.
What the fuck do they think this is.
Privatization of energy doesn’t work. Look at the places with blackouts: Texas and California have privatized energy and forced blackouts. Time to nationaloze
saving some energy is never a bad thing. they should start with city office skycrapers who leave every light on 24 hours a day.
Another lie by a tory? Well, stone me. I’m starting to think they can’t be trusted…
My standing charge better be reimbursed for the days or hours I don’t have access to electricity!
I don’t get this. Only a few months ago they were saying that they only import 4% of gas from Russia and there was nothing to worry about. The remainder predominantly coming from the US and Qatar (50%). So the question is why they would run out. The only reason I can think of is that the government was too slow to act to make sure deals were in place this winter with the US, Norway and Qatar, and as a result other more proactive countries and trading blocks such as the EU (ironically), have signed deals ahead of them for a guaranteed supply. In which case the energy minister needs to be fired.
If they try to do blackouts in 2022 Britain I just hope we have the common sense to violently remove them from office.
Great, so we’re paying more for literally less service? Fuck this fucking government.
How about they start with turning off office block lights when no-one there, London for example, is lite up like a Christmas tree all year round!
What about the gas storage and our programme to build more nuclear power stations?
Oh wait yes the Tories happened.
My hospital is already seeing increased admissions of the elderly who are unwell due to a lack of food & heating at home, and cannot be discharged back to a home with the heating and electricity.
This will compound the problem so much more and affect the vulnerable the most.
I’m really considering purchasing a small-ish generator as an emergency measure to be able to have a bit of light / device charging / if gas is on then run boiler & pump etc.
So we had 2 lonely christmases with Covid and this Christmas it will be dark and cold….
I’m almost sure there is a song like that….
As someone who works from home, the idea of energy rationing scares the shit out of me. The cost of travelling in to the office would be substantially more than my monthly energy cost.
People laughed at me for my plethora of battery powered fairy lights and candles. Now who’s laughing
Lived through the 70’s, winter blackouts with everyone around a single candle.
Net result is that I always keep a box of candles and a lighter for emergencies…👍
Blackouts? In First World Country in Europe? In 2022?
lel, the Anti-Atom Lobby should be flayed alive and hanged.
One aspect of this that doesn’t appear to be mentioned much yet is how blackouts are going to play in Scotland with regard to support for independence.
Scotland exports electricity most of the time. We’re in a fortunate position to have a lot of wind and hydro and pumped storage relative to our size – in fact 97% of the year we generate more electricity *just from wind* than our domestic electricity requirements are. We’d likely have even more if it wasn’t for the Tories near total effective ban on new inshore wind turbine developments.
In addition to all that Scotland has gas fired power stations and about 50% of the UK’s gas production.
With all that in mind how well do you thing sitting in the cold and dark (and Scotland is a fair bit colder and darker than most of the U.K. in winter too) is going to go down with the average voter here?
People are already fairly pissed off that Scotland gets charged more for electricity than the rest of the U.K. despite generating a surplus. (And if you’ll recall cheaper energy was one of the ‘Better Together’ promises before the first indyref)
With another independence vote likely coming up in the next year or two blackouts ain’t going to do the Unionist side any favours.
Announce a 4 day working week to help reduce usage you cowards
Lets face it when we are all old we are going to over hype this to the grandkids.
“I remember the pandemic of 2020 the war in Europe and the winter of disconnect followed by the great recession. You young whippersnappers don’t know how good you got it”
Turn all the damn shop lights off at night when the stores are closed for business and empty of employees. I drive through town at around 11pm and it’s like Las Vegas! Seriously no one needs your entire store illuminated when it’s shut. Imagine the power that would save nationally if every high street enforced a ‘no lights left on’ rule.
Jacob Rees Mogg will be overjoyed the closer we get back to Victorian Britain the ha0ier the t**t is. Tories unfit to govern
But didn’t they say in 2019 that a Corbyn government would mean strikes and blackouts?
If they’re seriously contemplating rolling blackouts this winter for the first time since the 70s, they must know they’re not going to win the next election. Like there’s zero chance that a party that allows this to happen on their watch doesn’t get absolutely wiped out.
Cool, I’ll be poor, sad, lonely and now the new added feature.. shrouded in complete darkness.
Suicide rates are going to soar
How about we start by turning of all the useless lights and digital advert screens around our towns and cities, that will save a fair amount of electric right there! Then secondly we have sensors within government buildings to turn on/off lights so that will save electric also.