Half Of UK Households Will Be In Fuel Poverty By January
Oil Price | Aug 24, 2022 | Irina SlavAs many as half of British households may be facing fuel poverty because of the inexorable rise in energy prices, EDF, the French utility that also has business in the UK, has warned.
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The UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem is set to announce the latest energy price cap this week, which will see electricity bills for millions of Britons rise considerably.
The price cap, aimed to protect households from excessively high bills by capping the price increases that providers can pass on to them, normally gets adjusted twice a year.
In April this year, the cap was raised by more than 50%, doubling the number of fuel-stressed households in the UK overnight. But the UK hasn’t seen the worst of its cost-of-living crisis as energy bills were expected to soar by another 42% in October when the energy regulator will raise the energy price cap again.
But the adjustment looks like it would be even higher than previously expected, with the latest forecasts seeing bills topping 6,500 pounds annually for millions of households next year, all because of higher natural gas prices. This is equivalent to about $7,600 per year.
Neologism of the Day: “Fuel Poverty.” The obvious solution: …
[Hey, I’m suffering from TR-6 poverty, but you don’t hear me whining. From there.]
… is water poverty – see Southern California lawns for examples…
… is a Fuel Poverty Program, of course!!!
… is fuel rationing, with certain sectors exempt, of course…
… you can’t fuel me!!!
Find a local office of any ‘Environment Justice” organization and set it on fire to keep warm. You don’t even have to evacuate it first since critters burn good.
… fuel me once, shame on you – fuel me twice, you’ll sic the new IRS agents on me…
NEOCONS for NEOLOGS..is my slogan.
Soylent Green Fuel… is people
…raise taxes… what else is new.
…BACON!… because is makes everything better.
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Yep, that’s better.
We try quantitative easing to fight financial poverty, maybe try something like that for the fuel supply.
Perhaps lighting each other on fire? I wouldn’t suggest it but they’ve been doing it in the UK for several millennia.
Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
The baby didn’t die until we burned up all our wood
considering we ate her raw, she tasted pretty good…
The obvious solution is:….
more poverty! If people are made too poor to buy cars then they’ll need less fuel.
Embrace it man…it’s a gas ..c’mon man
Start a “Frackinit” movement
“Fuel Poverty.” The obvious solution: …
can be found.
Some politician seeking respect, should introduce a bill that policians respect their citizens by having an “Equal Use of Resources Act”. Examples:
-if politicians have armed security, citizens can be armed and equally protected. If citizens are unarmed in public, politicians security are unarmed.
– determine the average use of fuel used per citizen per year. Politicians are only allowed the same amount per year to get around.
– determine the average number of miles flown per citizen per year. Politicians are only allowed the same amount. No more Davos runs.
..just an idea..and no I’m not drinking..
Go a huntin’ with Jed Clampett.
The Neil Young method: “Burned my credit card for fuel.”
Brimstone filters on your evangelical preachers.