howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
courtesy of the telegraph, philip raised this on another thread citing this was brought to the fore when media attention was on the leveson report.
Consumer groups and charities said reforms introduced by Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, under the Energy Bill will have "long lasting implications" for household bills, which are already more than £1,300 per household.
They also criticised "alarming" plans to make families pay towards the green costs of businesses that use a lot of energy - such as steel-making or other heavy industry.
Mr Davey said consumers' bills are the "greatest concern" but some energy-intensive companies could have to close down or go overseas without help to reduce their costs.
Under the reforms announced on Thursday, households and businesses will have to pay £7.6 billion a year towards the cost of building "greener" power stations by 2020. This is three times the current level of £2.35 billion per year,
The Energy Secretary insisted electricity bills will be around nine per cent - or £61 - lower than they would have without the changes because consumers will no longer be so exposed to soaring gas prices.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#2
But...
If we were to go all out for Global Warming our domestic energy consumption would be reduced dramatically. Not that this (or any other similar strategy) would lead to reduced energy bills, for the bills MUST always go up.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
#3
The trouble is that when you have an entire government department in the pay of green energy and a prime minister who has no real policies and environmental laws coming from europe the only outcome is what we now have which is a corrupted energy policy. Much to Barry's chagrin I've been pointing to this issue for some time and was accused of being obsessed by it.
Now, perhaps, people can see why I felt this issue was of such importance.
There will be deaths directly attributed to this policy and deluded pseudo scientific ideas and hopeless politicians are to blame.
And, Yes, it is astonishing and typical of these fools that they expect us to subsidise even further big business who claim that their firms are trying to be carbon neutral and yet suck the blood of us all.
Toerags all.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#4
a cure for green energy and it only costs £50 a year,get 6 hampsters on the tread mill.