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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8441782.stmWhile it's definitely scaremongering, it's hardly an ideal situation by the sound of it either 
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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I hate to agree with the government, but hear hear. 
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Don't believe a word of it.
If the Tories are running true to form, like yesterday, by this time tomorrow they'll be saying we have 20 years worth.
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F_A_F
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:52 pm Posts: 266 Location: Truro
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^^^^^ ...is happy with a wood burning stove 
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Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:41 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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I love open fires. 
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Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:36 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Wood and oil here... Enough wood for a winter in the lean-to out back and enough oil for at least a year fits in the tanks und the cellar. 
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MrStevenRogers
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:44 pm Posts: 4860
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under thatcher all storage of gas supplies were sold off they must rely on the storage that is available within the pipeline network
the same applied to water storeage sell then drain the reservoirs (for housing development) and rely on pipeline storage
that's why we can not, or unable to, store gas and water …
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:34 am |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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I wouldn't call the North Sea a store as the gas is not readily available. It has to be produced rather than distributed and iirc we don't produce as much as we use.
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:06 am |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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I believe it's running out fast, and we're net importers since about 2006. I imagine gas storage is fairly expensive, but this isn't the first story suggesting we don't have enough. I remember stories a while back saying that many countries have months of storage. When prices peak, this enables them to stop importing until the price drops again.
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:31 am |
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Coref
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 446 Location: ~/
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Didn't they build some massive gas storage tanks near Milford Haven?
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