From: Tony Williams 

Adam > wrote:
> Tony Williams wrote:
>
>> Phil Payne wrote:
>>
>>> Colder and drier than any November I remember.
>>>
>>> Some might suggest a price rise from 43p a therm to 80p a therm
>>> within a single week is worth comment:
>>>
>>> http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2261592005
>>>
>>
>> [from the article]
>>
>>> Stoked by the nationwide cold snap, gas for next-day delivery has hit
>>> 80p a therm, up from about 43p a week ago - the highest price reached
>>> in eight months.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sounds awfully like profiteering to me. Are there no controls to
>> prevent  the gas companies doing this? If the price goes up too much
>> people - mainly old and poor - are going to die.
>>
> Oddly I have a feeling it is in order to win the "new nukes" argument.
>

Could be. One hint that they've already decided to go nuclear again is that
politicians are starting to talk about "new build". To me that
suggests that they've already got specific plans ready and are now working
on selling them to the public. Fine by me, because I support making more
use of nuclear power.

--
Tony

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