Soldato
Honestly not sure where this world is headed with this carnage.
I don't understand people who blame Politicians for everything in the country, what's your plan dude? How do you fix the problem that on the international market gas costs a lot of money and we don't have much of our own? They can't wave a magic wand
Politicians could have been pushing to build small nuclear reactors 10 years ago so they'd be ready now instead of by 2030 and staying reliant on importing fuel from countries like Russia.
They could be ripping up agreements to reduce our carbon footprint and building more north sea oil rigs for our own use or allow fracking to get our own gas from the ground.
Instead we will be carbon neutral by PAYING other countries to be carbon positive by importing their coal and fuel because they don't give a crap about reducing their emissions.
They could be natialising gas and electricity (water too) instead of letting greedy energy providers fleece us for things we need in our daily lives.
Instead of fixing issues we don't have like building a new hs2 line so people can travel faster between places for no jobs when everyone goes bankrupt due to unsustainable prices on fuel and energy!
There's a crap ton the politicians could be doing about it!
They also sign up to carbon neutral agreements and pretend this is all achievable whilst sitting on hands for years.
They could have invested in Tiday systems which is abundant around the coasts and explored other options amongst nuclear - which I agree they again sat on hands about more than a decade ago. We also have plenty of nuclear military vehicles and technology and like the covid panic could easily accelerate a solution.
Octopus guy just on the r4adio 40k readings/day versus normal 1K ..... Don't many people with octopus(&beyond) have smart meters.
edit: stat
Collectively across both large and small energy suppliers, there were 26.1 million smart meters
in domestic properties in Great Britain at the end of 2021; 50% of all domestic meters. Of the
26.1 million domestic smart meters operating at the end of 2021, 22.0 million were smart
meters operating in smart mode (Figure 2). At the end of 2021, 13% of all smart meters were in
prepayment mode, broadly in line with the levels of prepayment meters in the market (14%).
Fixed last July when I bought my new house, fixed until July 2023, cheers all
*laughs in cheap leccy*
Politicians could have been pushing to build small nuclear reactors 10 years ago so they'd be ready now instead of by 2030 and staying reliant on importing fuel from countries like Russia.
They could be ripping up agreements to reduce our carbon footprint and building more north sea oil rigs for our own use or allow fracking to get our own gas from the ground.
Instead we will be carbon neutral by PAYING other countries to be carbon positive by importing their coal and fuel because they don't give a crap about reducing their emissions.
They could be natialising gas and electricity (water too) instead of letting greedy energy providers fleece us for things we need in our daily lives.
Instead of fixing issues we don't have like building a new hs2 line so people can travel faster between places for no jobs when everyone goes bankrupt due to unsustainable prices on fuel and energy!
There's a crap ton the politicians could be doing about it!
You do realise that having your direct debit too high doesn't mean you're actually paying any more for the energy you use... right?
Look at what other European countries have done and are doing for a start with windfall taxes and subsidising the cost for their citizens (not loans). Why are we in the UK suffering the most and how is that acceptable? France has limited bills to a 4% increase (before Ukraine) as they own a stake in the largest energy company and yet we have already had our bills increased by at least 54% with more to come.I don't understand people who blame Politicians for everything in the country, what's your plan dude? How do you fix the problem that on the international market gas costs a lot of money and we don't have much of our own? They can't wave a magic wand
You're speaking with 20/20 hindsight though, 10 years ago we were still struggling to get the economy running again after the financial crash, no one predicted Russia would go to war with Ukraine and suddenly we'd want to reduce reliance on them, we probably hoped 10 years ago we would have a better relationship with Russia not worse. What's the point of us being carbon neutral if we're just shifting the problem else where? And you think nationalising companies makes them less greedy? Private companies are accountable to the free market, nationalisation means we have no choice what we pay. Also not sure if you're aware but the general public sees the word nuclear and runs 50 miles in the other direction, no one wants a nuclear power station in the same county as them, that's the problem.
I don't have a smart meter but plan to get one soon.Octopus guy just on the r4adio 40k readings/day versus normal 1K ..... Don't many people with octopus(&beyond) have smart meters.
edit: stat
Collectively across both large and small energy suppliers, there were 26.1 million smart meters
in domestic properties in Great Britain at the end of 2021; 50% of all domestic meters. Of the
26.1 million domestic smart meters operating at the end of 2021, 22.0 million were smart
meters operating in smart mode (Figure 2). At the end of 2021, 13% of all smart meters were in
prepayment mode, broadly in line with the levels of prepayment meters in the market (14%).
This exactly, I'm aware they are very safe but I wouldn't want one near me just in case, accidents can happen. Everyone thinks they are a good idea as long as it's not in their backyard.no one wants a nuclear power station in the same county as them, that's the problem
If the energy company is state-owned, it's priority is to provide a stable and secure energy supply to the country.
If the energy companies are private, their priority is to generate profit to shareholders.
As usual in this country, we have this bastardised halfway house form of privatisation, that puts profits into private shareholders hands, and has the taxpayer pick up the losses, while there is never actually being an effective free market, just the illusion of one.
Meanwhile, the French have just told the state owned energy supplier to subsidise French energy consumers.....guess who's paying for that......
If the energy company is state-owned, it's priority is to provide a stable and secure energy supply to the country.
If the energy companies are private, their priority is to generate profit to shareholders.
As usual in this country, we have this bastardised halfway house form of privatisation, that puts profits into private shareholders hands, and has the taxpayer pick up the losses, while there is never actually being an effective free market, just the illusion of one.
Meanwhile, the French have just told the state owned energy supplier to subsidise French energy consumers.....guess who's paying for that......
I suppose doing nothing isn't political suicide then. If the Conservatives don't get punished for this I will have lost all faith in humanity.Bulb is state run basically now and its £1.5billion cost is set to balloon to £3billion by the end of year...
Also its an election year in France so the french PM obviously wont pass on the cost to the taxpayers until the election is over. Not covering energy costs in an election year would be political suicide
Mine stopped working at the beginning of March, weirdly the same time a lot of people's did if you search online.I have a smart meter. It's dumb though due to no WAN coverage, so still requires reading and submitting.