Technically there’s still a moratorium, though Rishi and Liz have both said they’ll look to lift it. Ineos still seem interested and even offered to conduct a study/demonstration. (To basically undo the reputational damage that Cuadrilla caused by not following best practice) Their focus moved to the US in the interim. I think IGas have largely moved on, diversifying into geothermal etc.
That actually sounds rather appealing.If nowts done soon about fuel and energy prices people will end up cooking in the garden, on old twigs, with a beer in there hand. Whats the world coming to.
It may, but I suspect it won't change the view of the most vocal/strident. They have an ideology to protect, and reality can't be allowed to impinge upon it.
Somewhere I have a similarly bbq-themed photo of me cooking steaks in November in the pitch dark, complete with head torch to illuminate the culinary efforts.
I have pals in Boston who take pride in barbecuing year round.
The issue is that the "establishment" always sides with the vocal minority no matter how small.
There you go again, what has Warwick Davis done to upset you?
We use the BBQ all year round - i love it. We even used it Christmas day once to spit roast two chickens (actually nicer than Turkey i think). Crispy bacon sarnies are also epic on the BBQ - and you don't stink the house out. I have to admit ours is gas though - not as good as charcoal but not far off and it's good to go in 10 mins from firing it up. Ours is a Broil King - great bit of kit proudly made in Canada. (Even says so on the box!)
I don't quite follow the argument that fracking is a solution to the high price of hydrocarbons in the UK.
It would require that the licence to extract would include a right for UK users to purchase at below market rate.
Yes, this is going to be the interesting bit, to see how the Govt secures production for the domestic market. The current operators like Ineos im sure would welcome a reduced deal as currently they’re stuck having made significant investment but no chance of ROI due to the moratorium.
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I tend to use my Weber all year round because it tends to cook steaks etc far better than the kitchen cooker.
I didn't realise it got that cold in Lincolnshire.
Why would they want to be restricted to the price they can sell at? This is very unconservative. Normally the strike price is set at a high level to encourage investment, and then fixed for a ridiculous number of years to make the ROI guaranteed.
I’m sure they wouldn’t want to be restricted but currently the Govt has the stronger hand in that they have put in place a moratorium. So the operators are in limbo. There’s a deal to be struck for sure. Maybe a phased approach to initially make cheaper gas available (domestically) to dilute the Ukraine issue with a better deal for the operator later in the fields life.
