Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze

Any sensible government would ensure that it can meet its own minimal energy needs. Rather than relying on "the market" to meet national energy needs from a purely profit driven motive... You only have to go back a couple of weeks to see EDF (I think it was) deciding not to build a new power station in the UK as its profits wouldn't be high enough at current prices.... Nice.... Lets let the lights go out, and have the country slip into anarchy (small possibility ofc), rather than the country ensuring we have secure energy supplies beyond 2014.... Politicians in the UK have this mantra running through their heads that market forces will always ensure that the needs of any and all markets will be met by the players in those markets. Given the last couple of years as an example, I'd say thats as utterly wrong as the self-regulatory nature of the internationl financial services sector....