The whole market is a mess. Caused by the free market. Ultimately
caused by that evil bitch Thatcher who hated coal so much she would do
anything, even hand the country over to the clutches of the gas man in
Russia as long as she could crush them.

I agree with much that you say, but with respect it is *not* caused by
the free market, but by IDIOTS MUCKING ABOUT WITH IT.

If a simple carbon tax had been introduced twenty years ago, plus some
sort of committment to stability, we would have been building nuclear
power stations for years.