Potential power outages this winter

PlacidCasual said:
I agree there were no good options but we were overly hasty in our sanctions. I can only imagine we (the West) thought Ukraine would lose quickly and we could go back to normal soon after. Instead we're paying Putin as much or more than we were paying before and we've knackered oureconomies because we didn't actually analyse our options in our rush to be seen to act. We could have fed Ukraine the weapons to win this war without stopping buyinnh Russian gas. The financial system implications may be worse in the long run because we have encouraged the autocratic states to decouple from US/European systems by showing our willingness to weaponise them.

No good options but we were very rash in the choice of options we did have.
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Definitely think a lot of these sanctions were rushed in with the notion that it would make Putin back down very quickly (and/or the war would be over quickly one way or another) - but we need to adjust to this new reality.
 
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Chris Wilson said:
Not round here they're not. I dunno who put the electricity distribution infrastructure in, but they need a good kicking. Mainly brief ones, especially in strong winds, but sometimes of several hours duration. It seems to have got better in the last two years but the cooker clock still needs resetting a lot because there have been very brief cuts. There are a lot of BIG commercial chicken rearing operations around here and when the cooling blowers fire up, especially if by chance a few fire up simultaneously, they put a brief but immense load on the supply, which can trigger a breaker on that section of the grid.
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Then you are rather unfortunate. I can't remember significant interruptions since the miner's strike. I think there was at our house about three years ago - my computer did a restart was the clue.
 
Are the thicko's still believing this trumped up UK journo news story FFS.

To think there was a time not long ago where Brits were capable of solving all the worlds issues before midday tea.
 
aVdub said:
Are the thicko's still believing this trumped up UK journo news story FFS.

To think there was a time not long ago where Brits were capable of solving all the worlds issues before midday tea.
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There was a time we had manners too.
 
The UK goverment has done a survey and only 11% of households have bought anything in recent weeks to cope with potential powercuts/blackouts this Winter.

And I wouldn't take that to mean the other 89% already have stuff !

I'm not suggesting people go full nutter American bunker crazy, but having a couple of head-torches and some batteries, and a couple of powerbanks for charging phones isn't exactly over the top. I'd take a futher step and check the old camping stove works - mine leaked gas when I tested it !
 
Gregvivi0401 said:
www.thesun.co.uk

Households to be paid to use appliances at off-peak hours cutting bills by £100

HOUSEHOLDS will be paid to use their appliances at specific times to prevent blackouts this winter. It will mean that people could be paid to put on their washing machines or charge their electric …
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
Thats why they are trying to change our life style to prevent power cuts.
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Why overcomplicate it? Just introduce variable pricing tariffs and encourage people to use power at cheap / off-peak times instead. It works well in other countries (and I don't consider Eco7 / GO to be "off peak" pricing models either).
 
As someone who is reliant on Western Power Distribution for their electricity, blackouts seem to be a monthly occurrence... I'm ready!
 
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