“A ‘wild west’ town in need of a better sheriff”
Posted by: Chris Hails in Alaska, Politics Add comments
Christmas is coming, it’s getting colder (well oddly not today) and milions of people this year in the UK are going to struggle to pay their heating bills.
Energy costs are soaring as fossil fuel stocks are depleted - peak oil is coming - and many would say there are companies out there looking to profit. Well that’s the opinion of Richard Bacon, the Tory MP for South Norfolk, quoted in the Telegraph:
Britain’s energy market is now a “wild west town in need of a sheriff” because the regulator, Ofgem, has failed to keep down gas and electricity bills, say MPs.
We don’t have the option of drilling for oil - not that I’m aware of anyway - but no wonder Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin was so popular with Republicans keen to exploit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Will there be blood?
