AS the economic hurricane girds its loins, we like to think the people in charge have a handle on what’s going on, and a plan.
But this week, I got an inkling that they have no more of a clue what to do than my dog.
6Apparently there is no need to worry because a huge amount of electricity is stored in the batteries of our electrical carsCredit: Newspress
Food’s going to be bad but power is the big issue.
Because we can’t buy gas from Russia, and we can’t frack it from the hills of Lancashire because someone called Tarquin has glued himself to a lamppost in Preston, we are facing the very real prospects of power cuts.
And now, along come the people in charge who say there is no need to worry because a huge amount of electricity is stored in the batteries of our electrical cars. And we can use that instead.
I’m sorry. What?
Tragically, they’re not kidding. They say the…