#uk energy crisis

[tweetingukpolitics]

[tuttle-did-it]

i can see my breathe in my flat. Do I turn on the heating or buy groceries this week?

[keirstarmerhateblog]

[feckcops]

The public wants to save the planet – as long as it doesn’t personally inconvenience them

“Back in July, Just Stop Oil (JSO) experienced something unusual – they found they were the ones being protested. An alternative group called Just Stop Pissing People Off attempted to block Just Stop Oil from engaging in disruptive protests and interrupted their events, saying that the climate crisis is real but that JSO is distracting and alienating people. The counter-protests tell us a great deal about Britain’s contradictory attitude to the climate crisis.

“Broadly, Brits understand that the climate crisis climate change is a major problem. 65% of us are worried about the climate crisis (versus just 28% who aren’t) while the same proportion supports the government’s aim of reducing Britain’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 ... Eight in 10 back more tree planting, subsidies for energy-efficient homes and higher taxes for high-carbon companies. 62% would support a requirement for all energy production to come from renewable sources. But this enthusiasm has its limits.

“When asked if they would back policies that would impose limits on what they personally can do, Brits quickly turn against them. For instance, two-thirds oppose the idea of a limit on how much meat they can buy, and a majority oppose banning petrol and diesel cars ... Even though 62% of voters back the idea of requiring all energy to be renewable, just 39% want to ban new North Sea oil fields, and a mere 32% want to prohibit the sale of gas boilers ...

“The British public is not as supportive of action on the climate crisis as many environmentalists would hope. We favour general, uncontentious ideas – net zero, tree-planting, tax rises on high-carbon companies – but when asked for our opinion on a climate policy that would directly affect us personally, we baulk. This is partly due to worries about the cost of living, but it’s also about avoiding personal inconvenience.

“Just Stop Pissing Everyone Off perfectly encapsulates the British attitude to the climate crisis: sure, it’s a problem, but not ours. As Homer Simpson once asked: ‘Can’t someone else do it?’”

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

British Gas reports record £969m profit after price cap increase | Centrica | The Guardian

Hmm, looks like energy companies may have been profiteering after all...

[chronicallyuniconic]

📢🗣️ In case anyone doesn't know, in the UK, warm home discount has changed & you have to ring 0800 107 8004 to apply for the £150 discount, instead of going via your supplier 📢🗣️

You will need your electricity account information available & you only have until the 28th February 2023.

Lines open 8am to 6pm.

✨Share to your low income friends & family so they can stay warm for the rest of the winter without having to worry about debt. We can do this together✨

[eaglesnick]

“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"- Danis Diderot.

“King Charles expected to earn millions from Great British Energy deal.” (Daily Mail: 26/07/24

“Labour’s Great British Energy will make profits alright – for King Charles that is” (Canary: 26/07/24)

“King Charles is set to make millions over the next decade thanks to the development of wind farms on land owned by the Royal Family” (inews: 25/07/24)

“The King is likely to make millions after the Crown Estate signed a deal to partner with Labour’s new state-owned energy company.” (The I: 26/07/24)

Its good to know King Charles is doing his bit to help alleviate the cost of living crisis. The King, reported by Forbes magazine to be worth £21.3bn, certainly needs the money. After all, the upkeep of all those palaces and castles doesn’t come cheap.

Luckily for the King he “owns” the seabed around our island out to 12 nautical miles and it is this that is set to boost his already substantial income from Crown lands.

Under the terms of the Sovereign Grant - the taxpayer funded money given to the Crown to pay for the Royal Family – King Charles will receive 12% of the profits of the Crown Estate. The firms operating offshore wind farms will have to pay to lease their sites so King Charles is set to substantially increase his already high profits of £1.1bn that he receives from existing wind farm leases.

 God bless his Majesty

[galaxyedging]

[soovyclub]

10 Ways to Save on Living Costs During the Cost of Living Crisis How to save money on household bills, shopping and living costs during the cost-of-living crisis. Including ways to make extra money, and reduce waste and energy consumption. https://www.soovy.club/blog/ways-to-save-money-on-living-costs

[tweetingukpolitics]

[kesarijournal]

Sheikh Hasina’s Asylum in India: Historical, Geopolitical, and Strategic Imperatives

Sheikh Hasina’s decision to seek refuge in India, rather than in the UK or the USA, can be understood through the lens of historical, geopolitical, and strategic considerations: 1. Historical Ties with IndiaIndia and Sheikh Hasina share a profound historical connection rooted in the struggle for Bangladesh’s independence. India played a crucial role in the 1971 Liberation War, supporting the…

[keirstarmerhateblog]

[strangelandofbritain]

A business, originally one of the British taxpayers' national assets, which Thatcher's Tory Party gave away to private enterprise in the 80s.

Now we pay exorbitant energy bills to wealthy shareholders for what should be an essential public utility: the heating of our homes.

Criminal profiteering at public expense which puts many citizens into poverty in order to stay alive in winter.

The sheer anger I feel when I read stories like this is just utterly exhausting.

I’ve never felt like I’ve struggled to keep a lid on my anger. Stories like this are the ultimate test.

[feckcops]

Our new financial masters

“Today, asset managers collectively own global housing and infrastructure assets worth, at a minimum, $4trn. The upshot is that asset managers are intimately implicated (albeit without most of us being aware of it) in everyday social life. They own, and extract income from, things – schools, bridges, wind farms and homes – that are nothing less than foundational to our being. Forty years ago, it would have been unthinkable that we would buy our gas from, make our parking payment to, or rent our home from a company like Blackstone. But this is the new reality.

“In a very physical, if also strangely intangible respect, all of our lives are now part of asset managers’ investment portfolios. Arguably, this is truer in Britain than anywhere else. Consider the quiet county of Kent in south-east England. The entire infrastructure of wastewater collection and treatment in the county, including tens of thousands of kilometres of sewers, is controlled by Macquarie, a leading Australian asset manager. Macquarie also controls much of Kent’s infrastructure of water supply ... Housing? Blackstone owns rental properties in the small Kentish town of Paddock Wood. Student housing? Chicago-headquartered Harrison Street owns digs in Canterbury. Care homes? New York-based Safanad controls homes in Dartford and Gravesend. Electricity generation? The UK’s Foresight Group owns solar farms at Paddock Wood, and Abbey Fields in Faversham. Transportation? Legal & General Investment Management owns parking spaces; Sweden’s EQT Partners owns charging stations for electric vehicles; PSP Investments of Canada owns train rolling-stock ...

“The faster the turnover of infrastructure and real-estate assets bought and sold by asset managers, the higher the returns. It doesn’t pay for fund managers to buy and hold the asset: it pays to buy it, and then sell it for a quick profit. They do whatever is needed to grow the incomes (such as rents or water rates) that the assets generate. They cut to the bone the costs incurred in operating those assets. Eying quick disposals, they have little interest in carrying out asset maintenance or repair for the long term.

“The dire consequences for the ordinary households whose lives are embedded in this asset manager-made world barely need stating. Being dependent on a real asset acquired by an asset manager – for shelter, energy supply, water or transportation – generally means higher costs and poorer-quality service, followed by considerable disruption when ownership changes hands just a few years later.”

[dangerouspastadeputybanana]

So instead of talking to me at any point Re British gas and there attempts to pressure people into setting up direct debits that they charge on a whim without warning people, or increase the amount to increasingly stupidly amounts, my dad would rather just Scream at them on the phone to call of debt collector companies that are apparently emailing and calling, because "it's making me want to hang myself".

Like FFS I Could of organised to send money to him to clear off this debit so we can move to another company that isn't fucked and can Actually take proper meter readings and not off one of these BS smart meters that are fucked.

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It's annoying because I FUCKING exist. I live here too. Any kind of balif situation would effect me too also technically.

[blackcatanna]

Dealing with ScottishPower's "customer services" like