Britain faces an electricity shortage because they have hamstrung themselves to such an extent that they must close existing power stations, and can't build new ones. We need to pay attention because the same thing is happening in the USA, it is just that we are a few years behind Britain. This is the future Democrats desire, and Republicans are not strong enough to prevent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025586/FUEL-CRISIS-Forget-warnings-panic-pumps-Thanks-decades-government-neglect-Britain-set-lose-nearly-half-electricity-years.html