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Opinion: We need a more Resilient Energy source

Resilience is a much abused word. What does it really mean? It is best described as the “capacity of a system to resist external shocks”. So what shocks are out there waiting to pounce on us? The usual suspects are flooding, cold snowy winters, and financial turmoil causing recession, fuel price hikes and pandemics. We have had a taste of these over the last few years. Swine Flu, petrol price hikes, snowy winter months and flooding have all shocked the town to a degree that upset our relatively peaceful existence. …

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