They can bash the French as much as they want, nothing will get them more than 2GW from the continent this winter.

And remember: fuel-oil and gas heaters require a bit of electricity to move the water into the convectors throughout the home. Without electricity in a cold snap, a house dweller in the countryside may have to purge his heating circuit or frost will burst the pipes...

(well at least, this will force the consumption of natgas to go down this winter !)

As far as I can tell from Paris, we're already in for a cold winter. Get ready for hour-long rolling blackouts in the UK, ban on the sale and use of electric heaters, a boom in stand-alone gas canister heaters, and a haircut in the demographic pyramid...


Pierre