October 20, 2005 | posted by Michael Baxter in Uncategorized |

The UK could close down this winter- would the last one out please remember to turn the lights off. Not for the first time in recent weeks, CBI director Sir Digby Jones has warned that we won’t have enough gas. With North Sea gas running low, the pipeline from Norway not due to be finished for another 3 years, we only have enough of the fuel to last for seven days. If the winter proves to be a cold one - like the met is warning, then we quite simply, won’t have enough. Sir Digby said “They have accused us of crying wolf. Well now, it’s five to midnight. If it is another mild winter, that’s fine, but if it’s a hard winter there won’t be sufficient capacity for business and to keep pensioners warm. It will back to the days of the three- and four-day weeks.”