The hourly electricity generation chart near the top clearly shows the vulnerability of the UK which went all in with this crap. Gas generated power, which they conveniently hide near the very end of the list, actually generates more than any other component. And electricity imports are a big component too. They never export, they basically import from France (nuclear) but that won't last because France has it's own problems.
Gas is their Achilles heel, some of it used to come over from Russia cheap, as did 30% of their oil products, but they spurned all that. Now they are claiming Russia wants to invade them
No they want to invade Russia and steal all that resource wealth themselves. That's why they are beating the war drums, hoping all the other Euro nations will start a fight there too. As I have said before, there is ZERO reason for Russia to invade the west. They did it as they pushed Hitler back out of their nation, they had to cross those borders then. And afterwards they held onto it because of ideological reasons that no longer exist. But was it all ideological? Or had they just had enough of the Western Europeans marching into Russia every 100 years or so? The US didn't go home either. They continued to occupy those lands they marched through, especially German lands. And set up their own long term bases, influenced the politics. And when the Berlin wall fell they took the opportunity to press East toward Russian lands, when they could have left it all alone.
The USA is the threat to World peace in this era. Enforcing their brand of freedom enslavement on the rest of world through currency manipulation and direct exploitation by US corporations. Did they incite England to sanction Russian Energy? Certainly, and now their corporations profit by exporting Oil and Gas there. Like any nation Russia has the right to protect it's borders AND it's people in other lands. The ukraine was a nothing war in the scheme of things but became the rallying cry for every Western nation dependent on Russian energy. They thought they could cripple Russia. Instead they crippled themselves and gave China and India the boon of limitless cheap energy.
Britain is broken. A twice dead former world empire.
I spend $300 a year on hardwood, delivered, seasoned and split. But that's really just for ambiance, I could run the A/C units probably cheaper but I like a glowing fire and all that. One point though! A year or so back I hadn't lit it and woke up freezing cold, I turned on the big reverse cycle A/C unit in the living room, but after 20 minutes it stopped blowing warm air? Upon investigation I discovered the outside unit's radiator was covered in frost. That's how they work, by releasing hot air to the atmosphere in Summer, and 'cold' air in Winter. If it drops below freezing they become very inefficient because they have to spend a good percentage of their cycle warming the radiator to clear the frost.
