DavecUK So possibly a cack handed way of trying to avoid blackouts!
Partly, at least, but you’ll never see that admitted, as it amounts to “wealthy first, to hell with everybody else”.
According to some reports (assuming they’re right) we came VERY close to blackouts in that really hot spell a week or so back, never mind winter. I guess one difference is that fans, and especiaaly air-con, require electriciy while most heating uses gas.
I think the risk of a really unpleasant winter is unfortunately high, and while the better off can mitigate it to some degree, it’s very possibly not going to be fun for everyone else, even without considering the size of power bills.
Barbeques aren’t a bad idea but I’m seriously thinking about a different approach, given the rumoured size of winter power/gas bills. It’s helpful having a brother with a largish house in Florida. Tickets and subsistence costs can’t be that expensive. Can they? ;) :D
