Energy Minister insists there won't be power cuts

happychicken · Post by **happychicken** » 12 Nov 2008, 17:26

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.

energy-village · Post by **energy-village** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:25

Hi, just to mention that this story was posted earlier, under 'News'.

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... highlight=

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:41

And I got there first at http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=9687

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 12 Nov 2008, 19:51

biffvernon wrote:And I got there first at http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=9687

Pah!

I had links to vibrant audio ... not a mere questionnaire!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 12 Nov 2008, 20:00

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.

SunnyJim · Post by **SunnyJim** » 17 Nov 2008, 22:53

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.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 17 Nov 2008, 23:31

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

SunnyJim · Post by **SunnyJim** » 18 Nov 2008, 09:17

Fancy a bet on which comes to pass John?

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 18 Nov 2008, 10:11

SunnyJim wrote:Fancy a bet on which comes to pass John?

Are you joking, I'm not giving you my hard(ish) earned money

SunnyJim · Post by **SunnyJim** » 18 Nov 2008, 10:20

Yeah, I was joking.

Adam1 · Post by **Adam1** » 18 Nov 2008, 11:13

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.