Fiddling while Rome burns?

AuntieE

Well,we are all old enough (except for some thick-headed politicians, that is) to know that war in the Midde East will cause fuel shortages. So it can hardly suprise us.

As evironmentalists have been telling us for years that using fossil fuels is ruining the earth and its atmosphere, perhaps fuel shortages are actually a good thing!

And as all transport will become dearer, due to the diesel shortage, we are not all that likely to be able to afford to go on holiday, are we?

I prefer to be able to keep the house warm in winter and eat at least one full meal a day, even if doing so does me, due to inflation, that holidays are reduced to day trips within walking or biking distance.

Remembering the oil shortages.
But then came privatisation 😡 from then on energy companies have had us over a barrel. 🤬🤬
As I’ve mentioned many times we lived off grid for 20 years with solar/ wind/ good insulation/ inverters to convert the 24v goinging into the batteries to give us 240v.

When i lived abroad 40 years ago my house had solar panels and provided 90% of our energy.
40years ago!!

Like you Nanny27. a dear friend in her 70s back on the 1970s had solar panels on her bungalow.

Most people told her it wasn't a good investment. She said she wasn't doing it for herself but for the planet.

I don’t know why labour keep ‘banging the drum’ that energy bills are going to be reduced, when it’s certainly not going to be the case.
Bills are going to skyrocket!

The energy cap is being reduced atm so bills should be lower. However it will then be reviewed and a new cap issued in July. In the meantime although energy is more expensive if we use less of it we will have lower bills anyway.