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This has been a ticking time bomb. We used to store huge reserves of gas in the uk. Current storage allows for demand for four or five winter days at most. Germany has 16 times the storage capacity of the uk .
Quote from: normal rules on August 16, 2022, 11:13:01 amThis has been a ticking time bomb. We used to store huge reserves of gas in the uk. Current storage allows for demand for four or five winter days at most. Germany has 16 times the storage capacity of the uk . That's what happens when you a strategically important utility to be entirely managed on market principles.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on August 16, 2022, 11:23:27 amQuote from: normal rules on August 16, 2022, 11:13:01 amThis has been a ticking time bomb. We used to store huge reserves of gas in the uk. Current storage allows for demand for four or five winter days at most. Germany has 16 times the storage capacity of the uk . That's what happens when you a strategically important utility to be entirely managed on market principles. Wasnt there a rather large cost implication to maintaining gas storage facilities also?
If my memory serves me well...Weren't there large Gas Towers as you went in on the left over the old North Bridge
... and one in Thorne opposite where Fire Station is now