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Originally Posted by Chris
Of course it isn’t a red herring - it’s a clear indication that exceptional circumstances apply, and the usual metrics might not be useful.
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If a number of economies all fell for the false belief the private sector alone could (and indeed would) satisfy all our needs that collective failure doesn’t detract for our own.
Given your penchant for British exceptionalism, I’d have expected you to have not accepted being the average of following the sheep as an excuse for our lack of energy security.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
You still haven't answered the question of "by what measure".
The FACT that other even richer(by whatever measure) countries are ALSO making plans for possible, IE not definite, scenarios it not a "red herring". Saying it's a "red herring" is actually the "red herring".  |
My measure is I expect the role of the state is to ensure energy security rather than rely on “the markets”, Russia or the Middle East.
I expect when I flick the light switch it to go on. That’s my measure. I don’t live in South Africa where rationing is a part of life.