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@Object_Zero_ So a private company who has been taking profits from this pipeline is not investing, the oil companies making profit won't pay. So what we see is private companies not investing and expecting public money to ensure they retain all that profit.

The Forties Pipeline System (FPS) This is the pipeline system that carries most of the oil from the North Sea to the UK. It collects the oil from 85 different North Sea oilfields, and flows around 550,000 barrels of oil per day back to the UK mainland. For context, in total the North Sea has around 400 offshore platforms between the UK and Norway, producing and exporting both oil and gas. FPS is a British oil pipeline system. Exploration drilling for North Sea oil is currently banned on the UK Continental Shelf. It has been since the current government came to power. As a result of the drilling ban, the Forties Pipeline System is currently uninvestable according to its owner INEOS. They haven’t invested in its upkeep for 2 years. INEOS have said the pipeline will close by 2035, but without investment maybe as early as 2030, which is now just 3.5 years away. 550,000 barrels / day is equivalent to 38.96 GW of primary energy. This is 10x more energy than the UK’s new Hinkley Point C nuclear power project, which is projected to cost £48 billion for 3.2GW of electrical power. Electrical energy is joule for joule more valuable than chemical energy, but the comparison of scale is real. 38.9 GW is more energy than the entire National Grid carries. The largest energy system in the UK is not the grid it is this underwater pipeline system. With drilling banned, and the North Sea entering a period of forced closure, the Forties Pipeline System is going to close in the not too distant future. Once the pipeline is no longer economical, the entire Central North Sea oil production will collapse with it. This isn’t something that closes down gracefully, the entire Central North Sea basin reaches market through a single pipe. BP recently announced they are selling up their remaining assets and getting out, Exxon, Chevron, etc are all already long gone. Nobody wants their brand near this collapse. The tax rate is 78%, the government wants this national infrastructure to shut down. It will. The German Chancellor recently called their nuclear fleet closure a “Strategic Blunder”, interesting choice of words. But I think it was obviously a blunder to anyone outside their propaganda bubble. Likewise the UK’s North Sea. The German nuclear fleet averaged 10.3 GW of primary energy output over its operational life, which is around 1/4 the primary energy of the Forties Pipeline System. The UK has a few other pipeline systems but this one is by far the largest and the most critical. Now this infrastructure, isn’t supposed to last forever. But when it goes you should have a plan. In the UK nobody talks about this. It’s taboo. A lot of people think “yeah but they won’t let that happen”… well it happened in Germany, and it happened in Japan. A lot of people want it to happen, and a lot of those people are in politics. So what replaces this? Nothing? Is the UK just going to go silently into the night?

@simongerman600 The funny thing is the Scottish flag is missing

In the US neither of these three sports are front of center. Still a funny visual.

@rshereme Really, because the poles are just waiting for a reason to take Kaliningrad. Europe doesn't want war but rest assured Russia v the rest of Europe will not end well for the Russians

An attack on the Baltic states is entirely plausible, and here’s why. There are at least three reasons. First and foremost: russia risks nothing. No matter how events unfold with the occupation of the Baltic countries, things will not get worse for russia. Sanctions are already in place. Europe no longer buys its oil or gas. Weapons are being supplied to Ukraine. From a purely military perspective, russia also risks nothing. It has nuclear weapons, so if it wins and occupies the Baltics, or even parts of them, no one will be able to push it out. And if it loses, it will not lose its own territory. It will simply retreat to its borders, and NATO will not invade russian territory because of those same nuclear weapons. So why not try? Second reason: the goals of the war. The objectives of russia go far beyond the occupation of the Baltics. Above all, russia is interested in weakening or dismantling NATO and the EU. From this perspective, any territorial gain in the Baltics would count as a victory. Even if russia does not capture Vilnius or Tallinn, but only a few border villages, that would still be a win, because it would demonstrate NATO’s inability to defend its members. So again, why not try? Third reason: russia has sufficient forces and resources in the potential conflict zone to carry out military objectives and achieve an acceptable outcome. In the Leningrad Military District, there is a combat-ready army of around 70,000 troops, which can easily be reinforced with reserves from the Ukrainian front. This army is mechanized, with around 700 tanks and a large amount of armored equipment. Separately, I would highlight the drone component, which has no real equivalent in NATO and could significantly shift the balance of power in the event of an invasion. If the forces are sufficient, then why not try? Thus, as of now, we are facing the following situation: russia has enough forces and resources to achieve its goals in the Baltics, and it does not face a bad scenario under any development of events. The situation is very similar to the one before the invasion of Ukraine, especially considering the law that allows putin to “protect russians abroad,” which was quickly introduced in the State Duma. The Baltic states have helped us more than anyone else, so I sincerely hope our friends will not face war. But to preserve peace, one must prepare for a major war. It is very good that our Baltic friends have learned from Ukraine’s mistakes and have built defensive lines and fortifications to repel an invasion. I very much hope that russia will break its teeth on the Baltics, just as it did on Ukraine. Source: translated and adopted from Serhii Marchenko

I see people on LSE talking about Siemens and wind turbine recycling. Not sure this was RNS but all adds up I guess if you're hopeful. First of a kind offshore wind turbine recycling to recover rare earth magnets - Innovate UK Business Connect iuk-business-connect.org.uk/casestudy/firs…. #MKA

@real_shirelass He must be doing a good job if all these pro russian accounts say he is in the shit.

Not only is there major calls for Keir Starmer to resign, there are also calls for Keir Starmer to be stripped of his knighthood. I’m seeing a lot of accounts today, calling for Starmer to be trialed for high treason. There’s absolutely nowhere else that Starmer can move on the board.

@nicholadrummond And we already are retraining based on getting our arses kicked by UKR. army.mod.uk/news/british-a…

The constant trope that tanks are obsolete is unhelpful. What is obsolete is previous ways of employing them. The question we must address is how do we make tanks relevant to the combat environment in which they must now operate? Clearly this requires an integral counter-UAS capability. But the idea that protection is no longer needed or that large tank guns are useless doesn’t stack up. Many Western tanks in Ukraine have been damaged by Russian drones, but most have been repaired and put back into service - some several times. In short, soldiers travelling around the battlefield in armoured vehicles survive drone strikes. Those walking on foot tend to have a short life expectancy.

@edwinhayward You will order it online and a drone will deliver it to you and your personal robot will fill the tank.

The tail end of the internal combustion engine industry will be messy, and hard to predict. There will come a time when there are still plenty of ICE vehicles on the road, yet not enough to keep anything like the current number of petrol stations in business. What happens then?

@GSGB01 I bet the stop oil crew are happy with this, they'll probably join up with you.

🚨WOW: It's happening, fuel protests have broken out in England as patriots block the M1 near Nottingham. Ireland have shown us the way.

@WorldByWolf So you're a russian troll, how much do they pay how do I apply for these troll jobs?

The Ukraine War has been finished since Autumn 2022. It’s at a stalemate. Ukraine is not going to take back the oblasts they’ve lost. Russia is unlikely to gain much more territory unless they’re willing to endure millions more casualties. The truly tragic part of this war is that once the war is over Ukraine is finished. It will be in the hands of the globalists. It will be flooded with immigrants and the entire country will be purchased by US asset managers. It’s a tragic end for a proud country and one that was entirely avoidable had we just accepted the Donbas was lost in 2022 and cut a peace deal to that effect. Ukrainians have been used as cannon fodder for the Americans to test run their military hardware and software. Used like rats in a tragic experiment. Britain should be ashamed of our role.

@afneil OMG I agree with you!

When will the Lib Dems — 5th in this poll — dispense with Ed Davey?

@TiceRichard How much will it cost, we have a problem with people not paying tax correctly what's your answer to solving this and unlocking the funds to achieve your latest headline grabber?

Gas prices in US has fallen 20% since start of Iran war, while in UK it’s risen 50%. Because gas can be priced domestically We must licence all our offshore and onshore gas fields to produce and consume domestically This will lower bills and lower cost of living

@OasisMania @NoelGallagher And most of them think restore and reform are the answer 😭😭😭😭

"There’s nothing wrong with the world, it’s just full of c—s" - Noel Gallagher

@Telegraph Bollox I earned this much and more and it's more than enough. Probably greedy and idiotic spending. When you clear 5k cash after tax/nl you have no worries. Just greedy intentions if not careful.

💰 Graham Robinson grew up “scraping by” – so when his salary hit the £100,000 mark, that figure was not lost on him. But while he assumed that hitting this earnings milestone would yield a healthy amount of spare cash, “there just isn’t any”. This is the reality behind the high-earning dream in Britain 👇 telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/inco…

@DPJHodges God your a wet lettuce, why are all you people on the right so soft and scared. Bunch of pussycat

People need to understand the true danger implicit in Starmer's now non-existent foreign policy. He won't align significantly with the EU because of migration. Trump has turned the Special Relationship into a bin-fire. NATO is fracturing. We are completely isolated.

@johnredwood Your not very well informed are you, shouting just to stir through ngs up.....as you are ignorant here what's happening. Where do you think this is going soon. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/marc…

How and when will the PM send minesweepers to the Gulf? The government withdrew the last UK minesweeper in the Middle East just before it was needed as part of their money saving cuts in the number of naval ships in commission and working.

@JohnCleese Can't trust the internet these days or science. share.google/aimode/KxJjo81…

More fact-free rubbish from the BBC

@7Kiwi Wow solar doesn't work at night, thank god we have geniuses to tell us. Here is a fairer way to see UK electricity mix. grid.iamkate.com

The LSE's Grantham Institute is a green blob funded propaganda unit that has no credibility. Of course solar is useless for energy independence in Britain. It produces most on summer days when demand is low and nothing at all on winter evenings when demand is highest.

@mikegardner_wb I guess the poverty levels, death rates and plain bankruptcy from medical is looking good. What's the US debt that looks a lot like socialism to me. Muppet they all take money just from.

In short, Socialism has a 100% proven failure rate wherever it has been tried, ever since it was invented. This wretched Labour Government seems determined that we should join the sorry list of countries whose economies, living standards and wellbeing were destroyed by it.

@7Kiwi You can track some realtime data here, looking good for renewables grid.iamkate.com

We're generating less electricity than 40 years ago and imports are up too. But don't let the facts get in the way of your false narrative.

@johnredwood And another example of all that is wrong in British politics, no ownership, disingenuous words, untruths. just attack as there was little the current government could do based on this post. Lie attack cheat run the country down, all while talking no responsibility

This UK government has retired two frigates, two assault ships and two minehunters to cut the fleet and its costs. This fleet and its poor ship availability is down to decisions of the present government.