git-intae-thum Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Summer 2014 - Running out: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/independence-referendum-dwindling-north-sea-4080275 Summer 2023 - Apparently not running out after all. https://www.politico.eu/article/rishi-sunak-oil-gas-licenses-north-sea/ Keep telling the Scots its nearly all gone. A masterplan that has worked for 50 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 After their narrow by-election win where ulez was a big factor the Tories are really going full throttle anti Green agenda right now. I think they've misjudged this strategy, sure Big Brexit Barry will be happy to stick a finger up at the woke climate change lot but climate change is increasingly a topic which the electorate care about more and more and even the ones who don't care or think it's a load of shite don't seem to get as wound up or incensed like other topics that get them frothing at the mouth like trans issues or refugees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 A vote for Labour/SNP is a vote for Just Stop Oil and their woke agenda to stop patriotic Brits using are preshus fossil fuels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 It's the wrong kind of oil, probably foreign, the good stuff wouldn't have refilled in just ten years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Anti South Sea Oil sentiments here. Disgusting #alloilmatters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Anyway, to the surprise of absolutely no c**t: Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunaks-family-firm-signed-a-billion-dollar-deal-with-bp-before-pm-opened-new-north-sea-licences-353690/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 We need oil and gas in the UK and will continue to do so for generations, as we're not going to transition away from fossil fuels for decades. We might as well extract it from the North sea and sustain the 10's of thousands of jobs and the economic benefits that go along with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 There's none left. Davie Cameron, George Osborne and Sir Ian Wood said so ten years ago. I presume all the old rigs are currently being decommissioned. I mean, they wouldn't lie to us... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 It's really quite simple, Tory electoral self-preservation trumps considerations on the preservation of the human race. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 39 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: We need oil and gas in the UK and will continue to do so for generations, as we're not going to transition away from fossil fuels for decades. We might as well extract it from the North sea and sustain the 10's of thousands of jobs and the economic benefits that go along with it. Still offshore m8? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Saw a clip from C4 news tearing a hole out of the announcement with data on how much oil and gas is imported and exported by UK and what other nations are involved. I'm not sure if C4 are hostile now towards the gov thanks to the sale attempt, or if they're just doing basic journalism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 45 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Still offshore m8? Sure am m9. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 The top image is of the city of London, taken from Greenwich, in 1980. The second from the same spot in 2020. The changes coinciding with "Scotlands" oil boom funnily enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 56 minutes ago, Jeff Venom said: Saw a clip from C4 news tearing a hole out of the announcement with data on how much oil and gas is imported and exported by UK and what other nations are involved. I'm not sure if C4 are hostile now towards the gov thanks to the sale attempt, or if they're just doing basic journalism. C4 news far better than the competition. I’m pretty sure government spokespersons actively avoid being interviewed by C4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just now, Granny Danger said: C4 news far better than the competition. I’m pretty sure government spokespersons actively avoid being interviewed by C4. They requested representation from the gov and they said nah, but here's Sunaks previous comments (which C4 demonstrated were pish) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, git-intae-thum said: The top image is of the city of London, taken from Greenwich, in 1980. The second from the same spot in 2020. The changes coinciding with "Scotlands" oil boom funnily enough. It’s a bit of a stretch blaming north sea oil for the dry grass. Some of our climate change comes from America and China. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, MONKMAN said: We need oil and gas in the UK and will continue to do so for generations, as we're not going to transition away from fossil fuels for decades. We might as well extract it from the North sea and sustain the 10's of thousands of jobs and the economic benefits that go along with it. We will continue to need while people (especially those in power) keep repeating the mantra that we'll always need it. There are far too many spineless politicians and councillors scared to make unpopular decisions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 4 hours ago, RuMoore said: After their narrow by-election win where ulez was a big factor the Tories are really going full throttle anti Green agenda right now. I think they've misjudged this strategy, sure Big Brexit Barry will be happy to stick a finger up at the woke climate change lot but climate change is increasingly a topic which the electorate care about more and more and even the ones who don't care or think it's a load of shite don't seem to get as wound up or incensed like other topics that get them frothing at the mouth like trans issues or refugees. This will be their tactics for the next election. bash the green agenda and peddle their culture war bullshit. The next thing to go no doubt will be the plan to stop sales of new petrol and diesel cars after 2030. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 hours ago, MONKMAN said: We need oil and gas in the UK and will continue to do so for generations, as we're not going to transition away from fossil fuels for decades. We might as well extract it from the North sea and sustain the 10's of thousands of jobs and the economic benefits that go along with it. You'd get tens of thousands of green energy jobs if you actually took it seriously. What next? Start digging up coal to burn ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 11 hours ago, git-intae-thum said: Summer 2014 - Running out: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/independence-referendum-dwindling-north-sea-4080275 Summer 2023 - Apparently not running out after all. https://www.politico.eu/article/rishi-sunak-oil-gas-licenses-north-sea/ Keep telling the Scots its nearly all gone. A masterplan that has worked for 50 years. It’s a finite resource but it won’t “run out”. The economics of exploration, production and selling it will determine how long it’s economically viable for. Those are affected by technology (both oil related and substitutes) and the global economy. It’s perfectly consistent for North Sea oil to be part of an energy strategy until 2050 but for its economic benefits to drop off well before that. There’s also been a fairly seismic in geopolitics that means we can’t be as reliant on overseas supplies. I’m not suggesting that Wood was right (predictifying something like that is a mugs game) or that Sunak is anything but an opportunistic money grabbing c**t. Just that there’s no reason for two different people to have the same view on the future of the oil industry a decade apart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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