Another 20% price increase on energy

[hollydog]

Just read this in the sun . It looks like this is on top of the 30% we,ve just had but not 100% sure .Me thinks they are starting to take the p--s a little if its right .could any i comfirm this thanks

[Ozzie Osmond]

You're right, it's mind-boggling.

Given that demand is suppressed due to the global economic downturn it leaves you wondering how much the increase would be if times were good!

[Happy82]

My idea for capturing Usain Bolt and strapping him into a hamster-wheel to generate electricity is looking more and more sensible

[chunkol]

Happy82 said:

My idea for capturing Usain Bolt and strapping him into a hamster-wheel to generate electricity is looking more and more sensible

Soon, it's going to be cheaper to leave the car running on a hamster-wheel to generate electricity...

[Welshbeef]

Solar panels and open log fire. With of course the back up of mains electric and gas.

Were ripping our gas fire out for the appearance and type of heat plus the dancing flames - even better it's leagues cheaper.

[Rooster]

must admit we have taken our gas fire out in order to have real flames.

[s2art]

Well, good luck with that. Gas is a pretty cheap way to heat the house. Wood is going to get expensive, unless you have your own little forest, as there are lots of power stations shifting to wood burning and that will cause a shortage, putting up the cost.

[IainZ]

Its going to get much worse - projections are for +40 to 50% over the next 3-4 years.

If you can do it, with the current feed in tariffs, solar is definitly worth a look before next April

[hollydog]

must admite we are starting to have more uncooked foods . so we don,t use the gas hob .potatoes leave a dry taste in ya mouth though.

[Welshbeef]

I changed my tariff yesterday saved £200 on the new rates worth switching - same provider different deal.
Were doing the open log fire from gas mainly from an aesthetic perspective but it is cheaper plus middle of winter out wood pile is deep really deep so no matter what gets cut off that fire will be warm.


Make sure you insulate your loft fully the more the better. Then double glazing then latest boiler with highest efficiency.

[mybrainhurts]

s2art said:

Gas is a pretty cheap way to heat the house.

WHAT..??

What kind of gas do you use, home brewed fart, or what..?

[Blue Oval84]

mybrainhurts said:

WHAT..??

What kind of gas do you use, home brewed fart, or what..?

Ah, so you've never tried all-electric heating, or oil fired then?

[Jasandjules]

Have to pay for the eco-bull***t somehow, Al Gore's private plane doesn't pay for itself you know.

[JagLover]

Jasandjules said:

Have to pay for the eco-bull***t somehow, Al Gore's private plane doesn't pay for itself you know.

This

If you think prices are high now wait till all the coal and Nuclear power stations start going offline and all we have to replace them is windmills.

Edited by JagLover on Saturday 17th September 09:09

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JagLover said:

This

If you think prices are high now wait till all the coal and Nuclear power statios start going offline and all we have to replace them is windmills.

This, plus Russia will be our only source of gas.

[anonymous-user]

quite a lot of the price increase is from new taxes.

[turbobloke]

Ozzie Osmond said:

You're right, it's mind-boggling.

Given that demand is suppressed due to the global economic downturn it leaves you wondering how much the increase would be if times were good!

Without a political class off its tits on junkscience and a mass outbreak of hideously expensive and pointless wndymills and other ecoguff, the cost of energy would be more sane. Unlike the politicians responsible for this debacle.

If we were in good times, really good times, it would only encourage more of the same.

[thinfourth2]

I'm starting to look seriously into fitting our own windmill or diesel genny

[anonymous-user]

i am still completely baffled how most governments seem to have missed the fact that widespread nuclear power is the only sensible option. Not opting for it because it could be hard to persuade (foolish) voters is not a sensible choice either.

[turbobloke]

Use Psychology said:

i am still completely baffled how most governments seem to have missed the fact that widespread nuclear power is the only sensible option. Not opting for it because it could be hard to persuade (foolish) voters is not a sensible choice either.

It truly is baffling, until you remember the uninformed brainwashed dreamworld state occupied by politicians. As a result, we're facing the nightmare of energy costs going through the roof and dire energy seurity at a time when we need to heat our homes to cope with harsh winters.

We'll be seeing even more pensioners, and others besides, buying heavy duty reference books from charity shops at 50p a pop to burn in order to keep warm and avoid hypothermia.

An appalling state of affairs.