gwire

Telegraph has a story claiming that the UK gas reserves are about to run out:

> “The UK’s gas reserves have shrunk from 18,000 GWh worth last year to 6,700 GWh – enough for just 1.5 days of demand”

And that piece maybe could have used a graph? Based on data.nationalgas.com the difference is between the blue (last year) and green (this year) lines on the rightmost edge of this graph:

Mar 8 at 4:24pmIvory for Mac
Show threadgwireMar 8

Story is here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/03/08/britain-two-days-gas-middle-east-flow-runs-dry/

The data they quote but don't link to is here:
https://data.nationalgas.com/gas-system-status

Show threadgwireMar 8

As far as I can tell, none of the outlets that picked up the slightly panicky "only two days of gas" story have included a, contextually informative, graph.

(Also they've used a national security angle without mentioning that, as of 2024, National Gas is an entirely foreign-owned company.)