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Plans allow for lower speed limits and petrol rationing to be imposed to cope with any fuel shortage. The measures would also potentially see fuel prioritised for the emergency services as measures that could help supplies running out.
The plans have been in place since 2022 but have been put into sharp focus by the Middle East conflict.
It came as a top expert warned this week that the government could be forced to ration energy if the Iran war drags on. A virtual (ALITD - a strange choice of word, Sounds like a computer simulation) blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has crippled exports of oil from the Gulf.
Nick Butler, ex-head of strategy at BP and a former advisor to Labour PM Gordon Brown, warned: “There will be a real, physical shortage of supply in a few weeks’ time.
“How long that goes on we don’t know, but I think the government here must now be preparing for a significant shortfall of supply over the next two months....<<<Read More>>>...
