Gas & Electricity

[Postman Pep]

 

[Kevinblue10]

The country's fucked, I can't think things will ever get back to normal, we truly are back in Dickensian days. People dying of cold and hunger. More and more people not having access to dental services, people having to pay for their own medication. More and more relying on charity and hand outs. Working people queueing up for food and a blanket. Next few years are gonna be hell on earth.
But the ruling class and fat cats just look down their noses and sneer.
"If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

To be fair I just think the govt want to kill off a lot of the elderly to reduce the pension bill

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Just paid £755 to get me into credit.
Upped my direct debits six week ago to £300 from £126.
The only positive in this is the Tesco clubcard points I will get for paying up the shortfall.

 

[west didsblue]

Let’s just all use the MP’s second and third homes. We can take an hour each to enjoy their heating they claim expenses on.

I'm just going to sit in the pub every night and leave the heating off at home. Hydes or Holts for £3 a pint is a lot less than heating the house. The downside is a beer gut and possible liver disease but these are the choices we have to make.

 

[frothy]

Didn't know that mate.
How do the pensioners that live in Spain go on ?

They applied for residency

 

[Nellies left peg]

The rise in domestic energy bills is the product of the energy price cap, and the energy price cap methodology is determined entirely by government intervention, via OFGEM. The energy companies themselves have very little influence over price formation.

The price cap was initially advocated by the Labour Party, with the idea then stolen by Theresa May, who unfortunately was incapable of any independent thought.

I think it’s possible that domestic energy bills would actually be lower if government intervention was reduced. We don’t need more government intervention per se, but more effective government intervention.

In particular shutting down the coal burning power stations in the pursuit of this zero carbon mirage left us wide open to a spike in gas prices, and we’re paying the price now.

And Hinckley point B was shut down last week, surely that could have been reviewed due to the current circumstances

 

[metalblue]

And Hinckley point B was shut down last week, surely that could have been reviewed due to the current circumstances

Probably not due to the cracks in parts that form the reactor core which can’t be repaired mate. It was already 15 years past it’s expected life and was only able to run at 70% due to the first cracks forming back in the 90s and it’s gotten progressively worse. Safety first and all that.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Probably not due to the cracks in parts that form the reactor core which can’t be repaired mate. It was already 15 years past it’s expected life and was only able to run at 70% due to the first cracks forming back in the 90s and it’s gotten progressively worse. Safety first and all that.

Sounds like we’ve had decades to replace it.

 

[metalblue]

Sounds like we’ve had decades to replace it.

Lol. You know what’s this place is like, takes them chuffing years just to go from proposal to production. No body wants one on their doorstep for obvious reasons. Hinckley replacement was supposed to be completed by 2023… now 2027 (if you’re lucky).

If you look at the French pretty much all their reactors are on their last legs - no way they are replacing that in time.

 

[Kompany Car]

Sounds like we’ve had decades to replace it.

That’s the story of the whole energy system. Shareholders are interested in maximising profit, but not investing for the future. For years they have sweated assets for as long as possible. The whole shit show stems from the sell offs in the late 80s and insufficient regulation.
I noticed a few people have been saying where can we get the money from. Maybe it’s about time we got the bank bailout money back from 2008, that was around £50bn plus an additional undisclosed amount.