Energy - Government sanctions rationing by price - let the poor suffer

The loss of the Rough Gas field storage facility for at least a month .. and possibly longer means beached supplies of gas are just about sufficient to meet current demand ... and NOT if the weather drops below freezing for a period of several days.

Faced with no capacity to increase supplies, we have the rapid announcement of 22% price rises which affect bills soon but affect consumer reponse IMMEDIATELY.

Are these monster rises (blamed on the sneaky, money grubbing, heartless, cold hearted "furriners") sanctioned / auhtorised / planned by the Government to arrest demand in the short term ... to conceal the massive failures of energy planning by the Joint Energy Security and Supply Working Group ? e.g Mirror Headlines on 23rd Feb WHY ARE ALL OUR BILLS GOING UP? THE REAL REASONS WE'RE BEING FLEECED THIS WINTER

The PM yesterday at his Press Conference evidenced some concern when he said "In Energy Policy by June we will have a plan on how to move forward and take the difficult decisions on Energy Policy for the coming years."

He was also asked by a well informed journo ..."... and a senior NATO General said that the security at Europe's energy installations is absolutely zero, for example at Zebrugge, which handles 11 per cent of the liquid natural gas. How worried are you about the physical security of energy supplies in Europe and do you think this is something that the European Union or the G8 ought to be taking more action on?"

The Prime Minister complacently responded .."I know for our own installations here we do have security measures in place. " .... so that's all right then.

... but that didn't stop Rough exploding ....

see what happens when gas lines explode here.

Is the Government using consumer prices as a last resort to damp down demand ? Here is a Government talking about ending fuel poverty and sitting back whilst energy prices soar ! Is this the price consumers and insdustry are now paying for inaction, drift and fudge since 1997?

Everything FCUKED forecast is happening.