Energy saving tips

[Rita_Poon]

It isn't the knocking you down that's the important part, it's the making sure you cant pick yourself back up which is.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Absolutely gobsmacked at the gall of Edwina Curry going on Good Morning Britain yesterday to tell people to put some foil behind their radiators to fight the energy costs yesterday. Martin Lewis had his head in his hands in disbelief. These rich people, who won't suffer in any way, shape or form due to this crisis, should be ashamed of themselves in coming out and saying you cannot expect the government to fix this situation. She was saying things such as "we weren't using so much heating in years gone by" and "put on an extra sweater". Absolutely repulsive of her to come out and say these kind of things in public when people will end up killing themselves because they simply won't have the money to live or will end up in so much debt having to take out payday loans simply to turn on their electrical appliances. Sickening.

 

[lancs blue]

I have just moved from a 1 year old new build to a 100 year old house. Great timing.

All of downstairs apart from the kitchen extension is suspended flooring so that is all getting ripped up and insulated. We are getting some cold walls insulated, entire house replastered, some new radiators and then possibly next year getting the entire outside re-rendered. Hoping all that will help heating wise.

Just knock it down and put a new build up. Sorted

 

[GoldenToffee]

Our Government did it self no favours when they tell us to get things into perspective about our energy bills and war in Ukraine, in fact the first lady of Ukraine did herself no favours telling us we are counting pennies while they count body's. And the backdrop to all this energy companies are counting £billions in profit from all this.

To me, that's the thing that really seethes me. You'll see energy companies saying they're simply passing on the costs and not actually making any additional profits of the increase rate of electricity, yet at the end of the financial year the CEOs and bosses of those very same companies will be handed literal multi-million pound bonuses for hitting or exceeding their targets. Freeze all salary increases for those at the top who are loaded anyway, halt bonuses for the next few years and put a sensible cap on prices immediately.

 

[Rita_Poon]

To me, that's the thing that really seethes me. You'll see energy companies saying they're simply passing on the costs and not actually making any additional profits of the increase rate of electricity, yet at the end of the financial year the CEOs and bosses of those very same companies will be handed literal multi-million pound bonuses for hitting or exceeding their targets. Freeze all salary increases for those at the top who are loaded anyway, halt bonuses for the next few years and put a sensible cap on prices immediately.

and knock vat off

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Just knock it down and put a new build up. Sorted

That would be easier i suppose lol

 

[IrishBlue2022]

To me, that's the thing that really seethes me. You'll see energy companies saying they're simply passing on the costs and not actually making any additional profits of the increase rate of electricity, yet at the end of the financial year the CEOs and bosses of those very same companies will be handed literal multi-million pound bonuses for hitting or exceeding their targets. Freeze all salary increases for those at the top who are loaded anyway, halt bonuses for the next few years and put a sensible cap on prices immediately.

I think Panorama had a show on that last night. It showed how renewable energy sources such as wind farms are being monopolised in the companies favour rather than consumers.

Receiving government subsidies paid by the taxpayer and then charging market value for the electric generated which is inflated way beyond production value.

As always theres a minority out there profiteering of consumers misery.

 

[Joey66]

An even better one, a journalist in the Times newspaper was on LBC - stating that not putting the clocks back in Autumn would save energy?

plus, a new time zone called the Glasgow time zone should be set up in Scotland .......

How much will that SAVE ?

 

[Joey66]

It isn't the knocking you down that's the important part, it's the making sure you cant pick yourself back up which is.

Times will be hard - I remember the winter of 1963 - my late father throwing overcoats over our bed sheets at night as in the morning the ice was thick on our bedroom windows .... & he was a miner with free coal allowance ......

 

[Papa Shango]

Take all your money out of the bank and burn that for fuel.

Would probably cost less in the long run.

I would suggest taking to the streets but we cant be doing such things here. An angry mob is good for keeping warm though.

 

[chrissyjack]

 

[Tramps_mate]

I think already was mentioned but switch out light bulbs to LED. I made the switch (even old flourescent bulbs can be replaced with LED tubes) and it made a big difference.

A couple of years a go we completely renovated our new house. Every single bulb went to LED and the electricity company didn't believe us why our bill was so low! For a 5 bed house with 3 teenage kids our electricity bill was about £50 a month. Its now £100 though...

 

[Moomin]

I think Panorama had a show on that last night. It showed how renewable energy sources such as wind farms are being monopolised in the companies favour rather than consumers.

Receiving government subsidies paid by the taxpayer and then charging market value for the electric generated which is inflated way beyond production value.

As always theres a minority out there profiteering of consumers misery.

Have a look at the history of the companies who are doing the massive offshore windfarms.

Majority of them are originally from Oil and Gas but changed names a few years back.

 

[Oasis1878]

Live in the freezing cold and pitch black and don’t cook anything?

 

[degsy]

An even better one, a journalist in the Times newspaper was on LBC - stating that not putting the clocks back in Autumn would save energy?
didn't they try that and it caused more trouble than it was worth
plus, a new time zone called the Glasgow time zone should be set up in Scotland .....How much will that SAVE ?