Threat to Irish gas supplies from Britain a cause for alarm

Fri Jul 1 2022 - 05:30

There are two such pipelines between Britain and continental Europe. The Financial Times reports the first thing the UK will do in the case of a serious shortage of gas will be to raise the drawbridge by shutting the pipelines. If this report is true it would be yet another instance of the UK planning to breach or set aside international law and agreements.

Such an action by the UK would increase gas availability to its own consumers, thus enabling lower prices than elsewhere in Europe where supplies would become scarcer. At a time of high UK inflation, there is a clear temptation to do so. However, by weaponising gas supplies to damage the UK’s neighbours, Johnson would be mimicking Putin.

Another scenario might see the UK exempt the island of Ireland, while blocking supplies to mainland Europe. That could see our relative gas prices fall below those of mainland Europe.

Oil and Gas in Ballyroe. Cancelled

We can grow salad boxes from our south facing windows in Ireland this will fight of both starvation and heating our homes!!

And Leo is calling the UK, disrespectful, undemocratic, Forewarning us of shortages of fuel, food etc All part of the lunatics agenda,

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Yep and we’ve closed off the turf options too … with wind farm tech not up to full strength and oil exploration cancelled.

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