island of Sark could lose its electricity

macafee2 · 15th November 2018, 15:58

on the news island of Sark could lose its electricity.
The small company that runs the generators says they lose £20,000 a month.
They have been forced to reduce the price from 62 p to 52 p per ?kw?
Here it is 14p for the same unit I think the news said.

Anyway they had the managing director on the radio and said "here are my accounts have a look" the head of state for Sark said he had no intention of looking at them, arrogant so and so
surly it would have been ideal for him to have looked at the accounts and then he could say if the company can or cannot survive on 52p.

yet again two people with opinions so opposite but one with no personal evidence just what someone else said

macafee2

Lancpudn · 15th November 2018, 17:21

They need to send Elon an email for one of his renewable battery storage systems like they've built in south Australia.

COLVERT · 16th November 2018, 20:39

Seeing they have been in this precarious position for many years surely someone would have had the forethought to plump for a wind generator and storage system for electricity.

Reading about the situation is seems like the island governors are about to commit suicide and take all the inhabitants with them. Very poor management.---

Andy_with_a_screwdriver · 16th November 2018, 23:25

I did hear about the story on the news but didn't follow it too closely.

A business can not be expected to run at a loss indefinitely, they are a businesses not a charity.

This is a problem with privatised companies running what should be a state run utility service but that's another argument.

stevestrat · 29th November 2018, 07:37

BBC News this morning, every chance Sark will be plunged into darkness midnight Friday.

Lancpudn · 29th November 2018, 09:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevestrat

BBC News this morning, every chance Sark will be plunged into darkness midnight Friday.

What a ridiculous situation it's become there, get the candles out of the cupboard.

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Andy_with_a_screwdriver Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Plymouth Posts: 695 Thanks: 141 Thanked 153 Times in 117 Posts	I did hear about the story on the news but didn't follow it too closely. A business can not be expected to run at a loss indefinitely, they are a businesses not a charity. This is a problem with privatised companies running what should be a state run utility service but that's another argument.