rising energy costs

Having previously (and no doubt at boring length) extolled the virtues of making bio-diesel with which we run the jeep and the oil stove central heating, we are now in the process of acquiring an old lister engine (originally used to generate power in a milking parlour on the Isle of Coll) which runs purely on waste oil that requires only filtering and not the full processing.
Hopefully, this will take us off the national grid and enable us to run all our electricity for practically nothing.
I think more and more of us are having to find alternative ways to generate heat and light and fuel.
It’s the elderly and those in poverty that my heart quivers for. No doubt this coming winter will see an ever greater cull of the frail and vulnerable, those who have to choose between food or warmth..and those who can choose neither.
Still, that’ll suit Baroness Warnock, the ku nt!

im in the same boat cath ,im still paying off my last gas bill of £495 thats just for 6 months gas and for 4 months my heating systems been off ,so i wont be turning my system on over the winter not with the price increase i cant aford to ,so plenty of early nights and lots of hot water bottles for me

About a year or so ago BG put my electric up from 35 quid a month to 105.

I ended up in tears on the phone and they made no apology for not sorting out the defecit earlier despite me providing readings regularly.

Bloody swines, I’ll never forget that day.

BG are a total waste of space. I had a meter reading and the guy got it below the previous reading – so they calculater that the meter had gone round the clock – three times as much electricity in 3 months as the maximum supply to my house 24/7/ for 90 days. It was never reallysorted out – I switched supplier. When I rang in the final meter reading the lady tried to persuade me to stay – then I told her why I was leaving – she looked it and said that it was ludicrous – it should never have happend – but I pointed out that I had spoken to dozens of people who had all agreed – but it was never resolved. She agreed, the only sane thing was to get rid of BG.