15/01/2009
Article Details
Source: The Scotsman
Article Date: 15/01/2009
Summary
Russia’s decision to reduce further gas exported into Ukraine, through which 80 per cent of Russian gas exports to the EU flows, highlights the stark precariousness of over-reliance on imported energy, particularly gas. Britain pursued a policy of burning gas to generate electricity through the 1990s and gas-fired power stations quickly sprang up around the country…