GETTY IMAGES Pray for rain. Pray for the wind. But, above all, pray for a very mild winter. That’s the mantra in Whitehall, because rarely has the weather mattered so much. The country needs plenty of rain to refill depleted reservoirs and avoid drought next year. We need hard days to keep the wind turbines spinning and the lights on. and we need mild temperatures to keep heating use down amid the biggest energy crisis in a generation. Weather is a key factor in Russia’s energy war with Europe — a war that intensified Friday night when Moscow indefinitely suspended the restart of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline to the west. With energy prices at all-time highs and electricity supplies
