UK is set up to be the worst hit by the current energy crisis.

This has been generations in the making.

The oldest and most poorly insulated housing stock in Europe.   Thanks to fighter command and bomber command.

 

 

In 2020, natural gas accounted for 31.7% of the EU final energy consumption in households, electricity for 24.8%, renewables and wastes for 20.3% and oil&petroleum products for 12.3%.

 Because natural gas is a non-renewable resource, there is a risk that it will become more and more expensive to use over time and could one day run out.  Supplied by abundant reserves of North Sea Gas

 

And after two decades of increasing dependency on gas imports.

Imports of fuels from non-EU countries have seen large increases since mid-2021 (Figure 1). In the 12 months to April 2022, imports of fuels from non-EU countries totalled £64.7 billion; an increase of £42.6 billion (193%) compared with 2021, and an increase of £21.8 billion (51%) compared with 2018. This increase was the main driver of increased imports from non-EU countries, which were consistently higher than imports from EU countries throughout 2021.
Exports of fuels to EU countries have also increased in recent months; exceeding £3 billion in a month for the first time in March 2022 (£3.1 billion) since records began in 1997. Exports of fuels to the EU further increased in April 2022 to £3.6 billion.