Threat inflation - by Richard... Monday, November 29, 2010

Threat inflation - by Richard... Monday, November 29, 2010

First, we had "climate change". Then we got "dangerous climate change". And now we have "extremely dangerous climate change". They've lost it.

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I missed this one - by Richard...

But Autonomous Mind didn't. That's the beauty of the blogosphere (the intelligent bit of it).

Anyhow, it's about that Ofgem investigation into energy company "profiteering". One is deeply suspicious of Ofgem, and rightly so when we see that, on Friday, Energy UK, the industry group representing the big suppliers, hit back at suggestions the utilities are profiteering. It blamed the numerous green taxes imposed by the Government for increasing consumer bills at a faster rate than wholesale prices are rising.

"We have nothing to hide and believe in transparency in this complex marketplace," said Christine McGourty, director of Energy UK. The full story is here. Autonomous Mind takes it further.

We are – as you might have guessed – being seriously ripped off ... but not as much as the Irish. I'll look at that later today. Cries of "rape" are being heard. Even (or especially) the experts are stunned.

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It's cold out there - by Richard... Sunday, November 28, 2010

You don't have to say any more. The mercury at Llysdinam near Llandrindod Wells plunged to minus 17.3C – the principality’s lowest ever temperature for November and the UK's chilliest for the month since 1985. That temperature, incidentally, is just a fraction above the optimum for a domestic freezer.

Yet still they prattle about global warming ... or anything else that avoids getting to grips with the reality that we've been held hostage to a scare which is costing us billions. It won't go away, because it costs real money, takes lives and gives excessive power to those who should have none. The status quo is not an option.

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