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Energy Minister insists there won't be power cuts
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 17:26
by happychicken
Radio 4 have produced a report on security of the UK's electricity supply after asking some energy experts (31 of them I think it was) to predict how secure our energy supply will be over the next 10 years and the majority answered that they predicted serious power cuts within the next 10 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 720229.stm
The Energy Minister however, thinks we'll be fine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 723761.stm
That's alright then.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 19:25
by energy-village
Hi, just to mention that this story was posted earlier, under 'News'.
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... highlight=
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 19:41
by biffvernon
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 19:51
by Vortex
Pah!
I had links to vibrant audio ... not a mere questionnaire!
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 20:00
by biffvernon
But what struck me, on looking through the questionaire results, was just how many energy 'experts' take a different view to me (and, I dare say, quite a few on PS). But they still manage to conclude that the government's energy policy is rubbish.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008, 22:53
by SunnyJim
Ah but the energy minister has inside figures - and he knows that in ten years time demand for gas will be 50% what it is now as we'll all be so bloody poor.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008, 23:31
by JohnB
SunnyJim wrote:Ah but the energy minister has inside figures - and he knows that in ten years time demand for gas will be 50% what it is now as we'll all be so bloody poor.
Or maybe we'll all be toasty warm in super energy efficient houses, and won't need it
Posted: 18 Nov 2008, 09:17
by SunnyJim
Fancy a bet on which comes to pass John?
Posted: 18 Nov 2008, 10:11
by JohnB
SunnyJim wrote:Fancy a bet on which comes to pass John?
Are you joking, I'm not giving you my hard(ish) earned money
Posted: 18 Nov 2008, 10:20
by SunnyJim
Yeah, I was joking.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008, 11:13
by Adam1
It was an interesting questionnaire. I would have asked more questions about their views on demand management and reduction first. In particular, how much we can reduce peak and average demand by.
We should then have been able to see what ideas they had on the generation side alongside their estimates of what demand reductions they thought were feasible.
A question on electricity storage options would have been good too.