Are many of us old enough to remember the Victorian gas crisis in the 90s after the fire at Longford?
Of course it wasn’t called a crisis at the time because that’s a very modern thing (ok boomer) but two weeks without gas for hot water, ovens and stoves was pretty rough.
MentalMachine on
I can’t fathom talking about rationing fuel before we aggressively encourage WFH, either across private or public sectors.
Rent-seeking classes shouldn’t be magically immune from economic pain and risks; we can’t put the fucking internet back in the box, and as internet speeds get better and tech gets better in-person loses more and more of its advantages.
But yeah, keep the total demand the same but ration at the delivery point during a period of supply risk and heighten demand, that definitely is normal and sane approach /s.
Street_Conflict_9008 on
It is heading in that direction.
Over 90% of processed fuel for consumption comes from overseas. Countries that do handle that fuel processing are having their supplies cut. This means they will hold onto supplies for domestic consumption.
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Are many of us old enough to remember the Victorian gas crisis in the 90s after the fire at Longford?
Of course it wasn’t called a crisis at the time because that’s a very modern thing (ok boomer) but two weeks without gas for hot water, ovens and stoves was pretty rough.
I can’t fathom talking about rationing fuel before we aggressively encourage WFH, either across private or public sectors.
Rent-seeking classes shouldn’t be magically immune from economic pain and risks; we can’t put the fucking internet back in the box, and as internet speeds get better and tech gets better in-person loses more and more of its advantages.
But yeah, keep the total demand the same but ration at the delivery point during a period of supply risk and heighten demand, that definitely is normal and sane approach /s.
It is heading in that direction.
Over 90% of processed fuel for consumption comes from overseas. Countries that do handle that fuel processing are having their supplies cut. This means they will hold onto supplies for domestic consumption.