The United Kingdom has the potential to enjoy abundant, reliable energy self-sufficiency and economic growth by tapping into its vast fossil fuel resources to supply steady baseload power alongside its renewable energy ambitions, all while creating employment opportunities and increasing tax revenues for the government.

Yet, that’s not happening. The Labour government has mandated sealing the few remaining active natural gas wells on the mainland with concrete and imposed a complete ban on new licenses or drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea.

They’d rather rely on imported fuels, all while hypocritically posturing for moral superiority.

All the Brits would need to do is look across the pond to see how Germany is doing with so-called renewables, but we can’t have our bubbles burst, right?

…Germany desperately needs to pray for a warm February miracle if the country is to avoid an energy disaster and a state of emergency. 

Currently, there’s no danger to private households as their supply is guaranteed. The risks, however, are for industry. Should storage levels drop to even more dangerously low levels, then energy-intensive industry will be forced to shut down — a step that would cripple the already struggling German economy.

Bavarian gas storage levels at critical lows

No place is as critical as in the southern state of Bavaria. Apollo News describes a worrisome situation regarding Bavarian natural gas storage facilities, where fill levels are now significantly below legal requirements.

While the Federal Government mandates a fill level of 40% for Bavarian storage facilities by February 1st (due to their strategic importance for Southern Germany), the actual average in Bavaria is currently just 25%.

Only 6% full – virtually empty!

The situation is particularly dramatic at the Wolfersberg storage site, which is filled to less than 6%, making it effectively empty. Other sites like Inzenham-West (under 19%) and Bavaria’s largest facility, Breitbrunn (approx. 20%), are also far below the target.

But Britain’s energy secretary, Ed Miliband, insists that renewable energy will eventually work.

Consumers fund the construction of wind farms, and they also bear the costs when those farms generate electricity at inopportune times. This process enriches wind energy developers while leaving the consumers increasingly impoverished and chilled.