BoldonLad
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Three day working week was early 1970's (1971-1972 from memory).
Scheduled power cuts were part of the reason for the three day weekThree day working week was early 1970's (1971-1972 from memory).
Scheduled power cuts were part of the reason for the three day week
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Day_Week
It was, we switched to a gas cooker so that we could at least cook a meal.Quite. I was there. Wife was heavily pregnant with son no.1. "Blocks" of premises used to have power cut, for 3 hour periods. Fortunately for us, when our house power went off, local pub was in a different "block", and we used to walk round there to keep warm and have light. This must have been around end 1971 early 1972 (son was born June 72). Then, later, in the decade, (1973-74), there was a different pattern of power cuts, with different industries on a three day working week. I don't recall domestic power being routinely cut during the "3-day week" period, but, it may have been.
It was, we switched to a gas cooker so that we could at least cook a meal.
Neighbours also helped each other out. Those who were able cooked for those who couldn't.
Can't imagine this sort of thing happening today.
"All I knew about Tucson was from old cowboy movies - 'Filmed in Tucson'
He did it in a stupid way though, as if he had forced car makers to produce cars that were energy efficient as the French did, then the States and the the rest of the world would be better off. Being self sufficient in wasting your own resources is not a good thing.Energy security is why Trump was keen on US fracking, to be self-sufficient in meeting oil demand. When a country has energy self-sufficiency and a strong military, it doesn't have to dance to anyone else's tune. Just look at how countries like Germany are reliant on piped-in gas supplies and this gives Putin a stick to beat western Europe with.
He did it in a stupid way though, as if he had forced car makers to produce cars that were energy efficient as the French did, then the States and the the rest of the world would be better off. Being self sufficient in wasting your own resources is not a good thing.
Yep, at around the time when British Leyland was in trouble the French car industry was also, but their government said they would help them on condition that they produced efficient cars. Hence the French being ahead of all for a great many years and reaping the rewards. With electric cars General motors could have been Tesla like years ago. See the documentary `Who killed the electric car'.Agree with the bolded part.
Why "the French" surely it was not uniquely a "French thing" to produce cars with improved fuel consumption?
They did seem to think that their oil fields were an infinite resource, it’s seems so short sighted to be selling huge V8 cars with in inability to get even 10 mpg out of them, you see recognisable European cars on U.S tv programmes now, too little to late I thinkHe did it in a stupid way though, as if he had forced car makers to produce cars that were energy efficient as the French did, then the States and the the rest of the world would be better off. Being self sufficient in wasting your own resources is not a good thing.