Winter crisis could see UK 'run out of gas in hours'


	Winter crisis could see UK 'run out of gas in hours'

JICWyllie

11-1-2009 5:54 AM

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1-security, 1-supply, 2-decrease, 2-record, 3-forecast, 4-uk

JICWyllie says:

The reason the UK is in such a precarious position is that energy policy is a short term political football. It always has been, e.g. Thatcher vs. the miners.

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