BryanG
Member
This is going Off Topic, but I have bees in my bonnet .
I don't blame the energy companies for the prices we are paying. In an open market they don't set the price, it is strictly a 'supply and demand' equation. Putin reduced the supply and there hasn't so far been any great reduction in demand. There are new supplies coming in but it takes time to build the infrastructure needed. I don't even blame Putin for reducing supply, it is an obvious thing to do to punish your enemies suppliers if you are in a war. I can't believe it when the Governments in Europe complain that Putin is weaponising energy supplies. If you didn't see that coming then you really shouldn't be in politics. Having said all that, of course the reason for the war falls completely on the shoulders of Putin. Things will even out, Russia will loose the European market, will need new customers and so will supply more energy to China, India and the east, the previous suppliers to China and India will supply to Europe. Energy will cost more because supplies have to travel further.
Still ranting
Going to channel my Dad's spirit here. In the winter when it was cold, when I was a young kid, we had a coal fire in one room. Mum or Dad used to get up before us and use a gas p o k e r to light the coal. We lived, played and watched TV in that room. When we watched TV we all got under a large and warm blanket. Before I went to bed Mum used to put a hot water bottle in my bed to take the chill off, and I slept under multiple blankets and an eirderdown (what would be called a quilt now). So I get very annoyed when the newspapers and politicians are now panicking about how will cope this winter. If everybody turns down the heat, wears extra clothes, sleeps under loads of covers we will survive. 'Keep calm and wear an extra vest'.
I don't blame the energy companies for the prices we are paying. In an open market they don't set the price, it is strictly a 'supply and demand' equation. Putin reduced the supply and there hasn't so far been any great reduction in demand. There are new supplies coming in but it takes time to build the infrastructure needed. I don't even blame Putin for reducing supply, it is an obvious thing to do to punish your enemies suppliers if you are in a war. I can't believe it when the Governments in Europe complain that Putin is weaponising energy supplies. If you didn't see that coming then you really shouldn't be in politics. Having said all that, of course the reason for the war falls completely on the shoulders of Putin. Things will even out, Russia will loose the European market, will need new customers and so will supply more energy to China, India and the east, the previous suppliers to China and India will supply to Europe. Energy will cost more because supplies have to travel further.
Still ranting
Going to channel my Dad's spirit here. In the winter when it was cold, when I was a young kid, we had a coal fire in one room. Mum or Dad used to get up before us and use a gas p o k e r to light the coal. We lived, played and watched TV in that room. When we watched TV we all got under a large and warm blanket. Before I went to bed Mum used to put a hot water bottle in my bed to take the chill off, and I slept under multiple blankets and an eirderdown (what would be called a quilt now). So I get very annoyed when the newspapers and politicians are now panicking about how will cope this winter. If everybody turns down the heat, wears extra clothes, sleeps under loads of covers we will survive. 'Keep calm and wear an extra vest'.