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Won't get a big pizza in or a big joint of meat but we get majority of stuff in for a family of 4 will cook virtually everything
Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Won't get a big pizza in or a big joint of meat but we get majority of stuff in for a family of 4 will cook virtually everything
Do you need different sections for different food?
It sounds revolutionary for a couple if it can handle a family.
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I honestly do not know what is going on. Why is it now that every month the "predicted" energy costs just keep going up? Does anyone really care? Feels like not at present.
Our energy bill is quite low, but we will be going from £80 a month Dec 21 to a potential >£350 a month Jan 23. For us it's somewhat manageable, however with fuel being high roughly our household is now potentially going to be close to a £1000 a month energy+fuel. (I travel a lot)
But considering we are both on somewhat ok wages, it really is a good job we are quite good at not using a lot of energy in the property. It's only our heating over the winter that may be an issue.
Either way, rough numbers but Dec 21 fuel and energy cost £400 a month. That seems to be going to a £1000 in a year. Outrageous. We aren't at the stage of just stopping our life, but any more for any more increases and even we will be stopping life to just get through the winter and beyond.
I honestly don't get what is going on. Just seems so incredibly frustrating as it's falling on deaf ears.
Our energy bill is quite low, but we will be going from £80 a month Dec 21 to a potential >£350 a month Jan 23. For us it's somewhat manageable, however with fuel being high roughly our household is now potentially going to be close to a £1000 a month energy+fuel. (I travel a lot)
But considering we are both on somewhat ok wages, it really is a good job we are quite good at not using a lot of energy in the property. It's only our heating over the winter that may be an issue.
Either way, rough numbers but Dec 21 fuel and energy cost £400 a month. That seems to be going to a £1000 in a year. Outrageous. We aren't at the stage of just stopping our life, but any more for any more increases and even we will be stopping life to just get through the winter and beyond.
I honestly don't get what is going on. Just seems so incredibly frustrating as it's falling on deaf ears.
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There is a lot of price gouging going on.
I'm locked in with our wind turbine until next april at 6.5p kwh selling price, even now PPA's are around 21-24p kwh.
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Ours is basically a box with 3 mesh shelves and a drip tray at the bottom you set the temperature and a timer to be fair it does cook a bit quicker than a conventional oven aswell
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Obviously the situation in the Ukraine has something to do with it, but its not the primary reason. Prices were already increasing long before that.
The real culprit is Covid19, the shutdown of the world/global markets to try and stem the spread of a relatively insignificant virus (when you look at the impact its had) has been so incredibly damaging to the economy of each country, no one will be able to escape the problems it has caused and will continue to cause.
The real culprit is Covid19, the shutdown of the world/global markets to try and stem the spread of a relatively insignificant virus (when you look at the impact its had) has been so incredibly damaging to the economy of each country, no one will be able to escape the problems it has caused and will continue to cause.
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Remember to change your forum name first though...Perhaps "The Wick Man"?
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It's very difficult to find a sensible alternative these days. Maybe try one from Thailand?
It took years of new variants and an incredibly fast vaccine program to get what you call a "relatively insignificant" impact (I'm sure many will disagree with you on that point). Without lockdowns the outcome would have been much much worse.
A lot of the problems haven't been solely caused by the lockdowns but the lack of action on increasing supply to meet demand. The energy giants could increase output but choose not to, they would rather maximise profits then worry about little things like global stability.
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so it's looking like from April next year the average bills are going to be £400 a month 
It's a shame solar panels and batteries are so expensive
It's a shame solar panels and batteries are so expensive
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Would it have been worse though, when you look at countries that
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Air fryer.
I usually have a sausage or bacon roll for breakfast.
Sausages take 8 minutes at 190, bacon 4 minutes.
Soldato
Sweden, South Korea never went into lockdown.
Neither of those countries "didn't do anything" like you said.
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I was referring to the economical damage caused by lockdowns, I should know by now that I have literally spell everything out bit by bit on this place.
I wasn't inferring they did absolutely nothing at all, everyone had some form vaccination system in place and took precausions like social distancing and face masks.
I wasn't inferring they did absolutely nothing at all, everyone had some form vaccination system in place and took precausions like social distancing and face masks.
You claimed exactly that.
I don't know what to do. We are already paying £253 a month, and they're saying things will now go to £400 a month on average?
We're going to have to look at ways to reduce our usage, nothing else for it. This is a genuine crisis
We're going to have to look at ways to reduce our usage, nothing else for it. This is a genuine crisis
Soldato
That same washing machine allows you to delay start, so you can start early morning and have the load ready for when you get up.
We have a Bosch washing machine - the eco is good, there's also speed and aqua plus. Aqua plus uses more water IIRC.