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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
We have failed to invest sufficiently in alternatives to importing gas and the Conservative Party which has governed the country for the last 12 years and Ofgen must take a large chunk of responsibility for the situation and change tack.
If we can do that, we can reduce our reliance on overseas gas supplies and market volatility.
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Investment requires MONEY to pay for it. So which country has done a better job, and is not having higher prices?
If you're not producing it, you have to import the remainder. No way around that, other than things like fracking. Using UK produced gas doesn't make it cheaper, as it's sold on the international market.
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Currently Gas is being used for 49% of electricity. How do you replace that?
Nuclear is 13%, Wind is 3%, Solar 9%. Not a lot of room to expand on non-Gas sources. A
five-fold increase in nuclear might just work.
We're importing around 13% of our requirements.