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The Lights Are Going Out....
« on: 03 October 2021, 20:04:52 »

.... on the continent!  :o  ::)

Two snippets of information that I've seen today on my travels around the net are that Dutch commercial fruit, vegetable and flower growers who use huge greenhouses are scaling back or even stopping operations due to the high cost of gas to heat their greenhouses, which is making their businesses unviable.  Which of course may result in shortages.  ::)

Secondly a German coal fired power station is shutting down because it can't get enough coal! (Which should please Greta (blah blah blah) Thunberg!).  This is also happening in China where power cuts and rolling blackouts are already happening and the Chinese Govt. have ordered the power companies to buy as much coal as possible from where ever they can get it (Which will piss off Greta (How dare you!) Thunberg!), which is pushing up the price of coal.

I doubt that you'll see much about this on the BBC or other British MSM organisations TBH.  ::)

https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/your-tomatoes-may-cost-more-as-gas-prices-hit-dutch-greenhouses

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-01/energy-crisis-forces-german-power-plant-to-halt-on-lack-of-coal?sref=6uww027M
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #1 on: 03 October 2021, 20:07:29 »

The end is nigh..😂
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #3 on: 04 October 2021, 06:53:22 »

Did somebody say Gazprom...  ::)
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #4 on: 04 October 2021, 08:16:47 »

Price of meat rocketing in the US.
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #5 on: 04 October 2021, 15:13:49 »

Price of meat rocketing in the US.
Relatively old news. This is largely because they are exporting much of it, also Sippy Cups import fuel policy has significantly pushed up production costs.

I suspect that China is busy buying everything it can get its grubby mits on just to sustain itself but suppliers are too short sighted to appreciate the long term effects of short term greed/profiteering.
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #6 on: 04 October 2021, 15:14:38 »

.......................and we are being encouraged to go out and buy an electric vehicle!! ::) ::) ::) ::)

If we all did that the lights would certainly go out and take years to come back on fully.  1973 type rotational power cuts anyone??!!

That is where we are heading, especially since the damage to the power cable from Europe down here near Ashford! :o :o :( :(

I reckon we should all fit windmills wind turbines to our homes :D :D ;)
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #7 on: 04 October 2021, 15:17:38 »

.......................and we are being encouraged to go out and buy an electric vehicle!! ::) ::) ::) ::)

If we all did that the lights would certainly go out and take years to come back on fully.  1973 type rotational power cuts anyone??!!

That is where we are heading, especially since the damage to the power cable from Europe down here near Ashford! :o :o :( :(

I reckon we should all fit windmills wind turbines to our homes :D :D ;)
I remember those well , all the shoplifters lurking around waiting for the lights to go out !
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #8 on: 04 October 2021, 15:18:13 »

I reckon the OOF Christmas similes should be holding candles this year to reflect the power shortages to come!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #9 on: 04 October 2021, 15:21:55 »

I used to make my own fun during the power cuts, but I'm too old for that now  ;D
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #10 on: 04 October 2021, 15:22:09 »

.......................and we are being encouraged to go out and buy an electric vehicle!! ::) ::) ::) ::)

If we all did that the lights would certainly go out and take years to come back on fully.  1973 type rotational power cuts anyone??!!

That is where we are heading, especially since the damage to the power cable from Europe down here near Ashford! :o :o :( :(

I reckon we should all fit windmills wind turbines to our homes :D :D ;)
I remember those well , all the shoplifters lurking around waiting for the lights to go out !

Yes indeed, and in the retail trade we had to use candles to light up the tills!

But, in 2021 in the shops now NOTHING will keep them open as all the tills work on bar codes and computers everywhere, so 'manual' use of the cash registers we did in 1973 is a thing of the past; no power, no sales, end of!!! :o :o :o ::) ::) ;)
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #11 on: 04 October 2021, 15:23:55 »

No power, no sales, no traffic lights, no ATM's so no cash, no lights, no telly, no heating, no life.
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #12 on: 04 October 2021, 15:28:40 »

No power, no sales, no traffic lights, no ATM's so no cash, no lights, no telly, no heating, no life.

yep, and............................no FUEL!!!! ::) ::) ::)

Here we go again!! :D :D ;)
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #13 on: 04 October 2021, 15:30:40 »

No power, no sales, no traffic lights, no ATM's so no cash, no lights, no telly, no heating, no life.
No Facebook or news?

I could live with that.
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Re: The Lights Are Going Out....
« Reply #14 on: 04 October 2021, 18:14:54 »

That’s really nice and cheerful folks🤣👍
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