Re: British Gas customers face higher bills


andicee wrote:
> Hey guys,
> I work for British Gas, as an electrician, and I recently received a load of
> bumpf from Mark Clare and Sir Roy Gardener explaing to us why, in lenghthy,
> boring detail. I've binned it now but the general gist was that British Gas
> invests heavily in new technology and exploration for new supplies. They
> have their own fields at Morecombe too. They also state that because we now
> import the majority of our gas through pipelines that run through Europe
> (here we go) we are being held to ransom by the French, German and Spanish
> owners of these pipelines. Basically they are holding up supplies of gas to
> artificially increase prices! Got us over a barrel...of gas!
>
> Good old Europe
>
> andicee
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Listening to the BBC I heard a report about how Russia was increasing
the
price of gas to Ukraine by 400%. The Ukraine governemtn is threatening
to "cut" the pipes tha carry NG on to Europe. This looks to get nasty.

Does England get any Russian NG via Ukraine?

Terry

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