September 8: Be prepared for the lights going out in winter

WITH the announcement of the coming closure of yet another power station, may I suggest some suitable purchases for the coming winter? A camping stove, kettle, battery-powered lantern and a hot water bottle for those windless, dark winter nights when we run out of generating capacity. This would make sure that at least you can retire to a warm bed after a hot drink.

Is there a consequence of not having an energy policy, and private enterprise not wanting to invest in it? Plenty of profit to be made, but nothing being put in for the long term. No doubt they will come begging to the Government when the lights start going out.

From: Hugh Rogers, Ashby.

IF I thought “fracking” was geologically dangerous, I would oppose it, but at the same time I have not lost sight of the fact that Britain is getting dangerously short of power. I fail to see why we have not built more nuclear power stations. Governments of all persuasions have been very shortsighted about this.

If we carry on arguing, instead of positive decision-making, the lamps really will start going out. But not all over Europe. Just here, where “faffing about” seems to have been raised to an art form.