Great Britain has only two days of fossil gas stored after a decline in energy reserves, as more tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) are diverted from their course to Europe towards Asia because of the Iran war.

Great Britain had 6,999 gigawatt hours (GWh) of fossil gas stored on Saturday, according to figures from National Gas, which owns and operates the gas national transmission system. This compares with 9,105 GWh a year earlier.

Maximum capacity is 12 days of gas, and current storage levels equate to under two days of reserves, leading to concerns that Great Britain could run out of gas if the crisis in the Middle East escalates further.

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    People who oppose building anything.

    It’s a US term vastly abused by YIMBY/Developer simps who want a libertarian approach to house construction, to cover everyone from environmentalist who don’t want giant AI datacenters built nextdoor to them to people who think a % of newly built homes should be affordable.

    Yeah TrueNIMBYs™ exist but the vast majority of “NIMBYs” are people with legitimate concerns that could be addressed if developers made slightly less money on their project.