Fracking wouldn't change this. Nor would increasing North Sea production, were that even feasible. Unless you want to argue for state ownership of the gas produced, it will always get sold where the profit margin is biggest...

...and energy security will always depend on UK companies (not the government) paying the market price

So, argue for continuing UK oil and gas production on the basis of jobs, balance of payments or whatever argument you want, but... please let's not have any more of this 'increasing UK production is essential at a time of crisis'. Because the export figures tell a different story

Richard Black Thank you for this thread. It puts me in mind of produce being exported during the Hunger in Ireland, as people starved.

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Banners outside The Royal Court of Justice today. A Judicial Review is challenging the MMOs decision decision to licence EDF to dump toxic mud dredged from construction off Hinkley C offshore from Portishead and Bristol Port save-the-severn.com and stophinkley.org

Migration of Elvers from Sargasso Sea sucked up by water intake heads of HPC. Survivors struggle to Somerset Levels to live >20 yrs before again running gauntlet of HPC to Sargasso Sea to spawn One of many species at risk. stophinkley.org save-the-severn.com

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Goodbye Gove. You were wrong about almost everything.

I hear the press have got hold of some pictures and so I have been forced to make this statement. Needless to say, I apologise. shorturl.at/nENOY

Thank you to the Hinkley Point C action group for attending The UK River Summit and spreading awareness of the situation at the nuclear power plant, where EDF 🇬🇧 and NNB Generation Company (HPC) aim to remove the planned Acoustic Fish Deterrent fish protection measure...