Energy Prices

[manc grecian]

I've already spent 3 quid

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

From Matt Ridley in the Times 2013.

Glad that this is will hopefully be taken seriously now it’s in the mainstream.
It is probably cheaper & less environmental damaging to burn coal from this country rather than import wood to burn.

Another clusterfcku.

The biomess - Matt Ridley

Making electricity from burning wood is bad for the economy and the environment My column in the Times on 20 June 2013: In the Energy Bill going through Parliament there is allowance for generous subsidy for a huge push towards burning wood to produce electricity. It’s already happening. Drax...

www.rationaloptimist.com

 

[iscalad]

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[Alistair20000]

From Matt Ridley in the Times 2013.

Glad that this is will hopefully be taken seriously now it’s in the mainstream.
It is probably cheaper & less environmental damaging to burn coal from this country rather than import wood to burn.

Another clusterfcku.

The biomess - Matt Ridley

Making electricity from burning wood is bad for the economy and the environment My column in the Times on 20 June 2013: In the Energy Bill going through Parliament there is allowance for generous subsidy for a huge push towards burning wood to produce electricity. It’s already happening. Drax...

www.rationaloptimist.com

The law of unforeseen consequences proved all over again.

 

[Hants_red]

We're so going to need a warm winter!

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

We're so going to need a warm winter!

Indeed...Luckily don’t have the bitter Winters I recall from my first couple of decades of work.

I remember during one particular prolonged cold spell, must have been around the mid 1980’s the operating pressure in the gas main in urban areas was down by about a quarter. That would cause a problem these days for modern boilers, which work on a set working pressure.

 

[Hants_red]

I've been playing around with our smart meter seeing how much were spending.

I wish I hadn't.

 

[iscalad]

I've been playing around with our smart meter seeing how much were spending.

I wish I hadn't.

So glad I don't have one.

 

[Spanks]

So glad I don't have one.

They're amazing.

I get to show Mags that turning the LED light off doesn't compensate for turning on the TV, Soundbar and Sky Q whilst she looks at Facebook before deciding if she actually wants to watch anything.

 

[manc grecian]

I've been playing around with our smart meter seeing how much were spending.

I wish I hadn't.

I won't be having a roast dinner again.