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Only a drastic plan can beat energy crisis

The country is facing a looming national crisis of higher energy bills as well as falling CO2 production which will impact the NHS and also food supplies.

Instead of a bailout, the Government should look at public ownership as the way forward and consolidate the stricken energy firms into one state-owned enterprise. This is a pragmatic way of dealing with the impending crisis. We simply do not have a feasible alternative.

Oliver Steward, Norwich

When will we stop relying on foreign companies to produce the essential items we use when we have the manpower and expertise to make these products ourselves?

Yes, it would probably cost us more because we pay our workers living wages, but in the long run we would once again be able to hold our own in a wider world context.

Caroline West, Swansea

I trust that those who oppose fracking are happy that we are now running short of gas, despite us standing on vast tracts of shale.

L. Gillooley, Lancaster

During the present energy crisis, the Government or the watchdog Ofgem should prevent the large energy suppliers from paying bonuses to executives and dividends to shareholders.

This approach was successfully adopted by the Bank of England last year and a ban on dividends and bonuses would leave large amounts of capital available in reserve for the companies to use, which could help minimise energy price increases.

Terence Woodings, Blackpool

With the hefty heating bills we are now faced with, maybe it will discourage shops blowing you to the ground with gushing hot air as you enter the store. The blast is probably forceful enough to obliterate the ozone layer.

Tony Thompson, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Single households like mine would be helped in keeping fuel bills low if firms abolished their standing charges. The same company supplies my gas and electric but I pay more for two standing charges than what I do for the actual energy I consume.

Tim Mickleburgh, Grimsby

Can someone please explain to me what happened to the glut of North Sea oil and gas we were going to enjoy and its promise of low prices?

Mike Catterall, Accrington, Lancashire

It is galling to see Ed Miliband lecturing people on the energy crisis when he, in fact, helped engineer the energy gap with his draconian policy to cut CO2 emissions to zero by 2050.

Susan Thomas, Oxford

Maybe if we built some coal-fired power stations with CO2 recovery technology we’d kill two birds with one stone.

M. Andrews, Bradford

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