La Gran Bretagna si trova ad affrontare uno dei più grandi shock derivanti dalla crisi energetica, avverte il FMI

Genuine question. I thought we were doing well powering most of our electricity from renewables these days not gas. Why are we going to be one of the most effected?

Edit: I investigated as it felt like most of the responses were guesses rather than informed answers.

I understand the reason is actually to do with our housing stock. Much more than other major economies, our house stock is old and poorly insulated. This leads to much greater/quicker heat loss. As a result, it takes more gas to heat our homes than other nations (most major economies use gas as the main way to heat homes – some are adopting other ways a little more quickly than the UK or need less heating as they are naturally hotter). The Iran war pushes up the price of gas (that’s the obvious bit).

Truly scary if this doesn’t end soon. I can’t help but think something bigger is going on. Was reading Steve Bannon articles last night (friend and advisor of Farage)

His stated goal was to deconstruct the administrative state and weaken western alliances internationally. Peter Navarro has written that European allies are economic competitors and weakening us serves American interests.

Actions since January 2026 are starting to form a pattern that is difficult to attribute to accident. Sound like a tinfoil hat person but frustrating the UK is in a particularly exposed position post Brexit if this is what’s going on.

Not everything runs on electric. The entire supermarket chain is reliant on fossil fuels, from farming machinery, feed, fertiliser, harvest process, packaging in plastic, transporting to store in temp controlled lorries.

The Tories have absolutely killed this country. Cameron, Johnson, Sunak, Osbourne – they should all be in a jail cell.

Hope everyone’s prepared to find out just how useless our financialized economy is going to prove to be in this era of realpolitik. What’s most depressing is it will come as a complete surprise to many.