Running out of gas.

RadoX · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:10

So my sister just came in and said "were getting loads of snow this week" then she proceeded to tell me about how "we might not have any gas due to it freezing" I'm still coughing up my stomach with my cough laugh i have going on.

Mr. Anderson · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:11

Well if it continues with this bad weather we will have a proper gas crisis, however it isn't due to the gas freezing.

NathanE · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:12

It's running out because everyone has their heating on. It isn't freezing :confused:

shifty_uk · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:12

So that's why there's ice on my ass.

RadoX · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:13

Mr. Anderson said:
Well if it continues with this bad weather we will have a proper gas crisis, however it isn't due to the gas freezing.

you aren't very, erm how do i put it .... oh wait i remembered your a computer program

Mr. Anderson · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:14

RadoX said:
you aren't very, erm how do i put it .... oh wait i remembered your a computer program

What about my computer program?

Mr. Anderson · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:16

Do remember children, snow is frozen gas.

RadoX · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:16

NathanE said:
It's running out because everyone has their heating on. It isn't freezing

i know that its just the fact that my sister was implying that its cold enough for natural gas to freeze/

mejinks · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:22

Did you know that natural gas is actually put under huge pressure (500psi) in pipes buried deep, deep underground so they won't be likely to ever freeze? This is why you don't see those huge gas towers full up anymore.

godinman · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:34

Bottled gas looses pressure a bit when it's cold..if you don't get the right bottles.

/dull

Fuzz · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:36

mejinks said:
Did you know that natural gas is actually put under huge pressure (500psi) in pipes buried deep, deep underground so they won't be likely to ever freeze? This is why you don't see those huge gas towers full up anymore.

Err that's not the reason at all and it would have to get EPICALLY cold to freeze.

It turns from gas to liquid at -297 F I think that's -160 degrees Centigrade.

Natural gas freezing would be the least of our worries!

LoadsaMoney · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:39

Id be more worried about the fact that the UK has only around 8 days supply left tbh

doggs · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:47

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8441782.stm

Posty · 5 Jan 2010 at 21:48

LoadsaMoney said:
Id be more worried about the fact that the UK has only around 8 days supply left tbh

8 days from when we start drawing at full capacity, yes. But there is no foreseeable reason to do so with supply being so strong from north sea, Norway the continent and LNG.

Vonhelmet · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:00

Running out of gas? Come here, I've got loads. Pull my finger.

J.B · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:03

Posty said:
8 days from when we start drawing at full capacity, yes. But there is no foreseeable reason to do so with supply being so strong from north sea, Norway the continent and LNG.

I agree, nothing more than scaremongering really. Silly politicians and BBC with some dramatic headlines.

xen_ · 5 Jan 2010 at 22:19

/hoards gas

john_s · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:34

godinman said:
Bottled gas looses pressure a bit when it's cold..if you don't get the right bottles.

Butane (blue Calor bottles) boils at about 0C, so if it's colder than that, you get no gas at all.

Propane (red bottles) boils a lot colder, so that "works" at lower temperatures.

SDK^ · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:41

I work for National Grid, there is no Gas supply issue in the UK. Stuff you may read in the media is written for hype.
We have pipelines from Europe, LNG Storage and an import facility at Grain to ensure the UK does not have any issues.

Move along

jmc777 · 5 Jan 2010 at 23:44

Next time she starts with that "we might not have any gas due to it freezing" nonsense, give her a back-hander and tell her to sort her life out.