Just had to say.

[gavroche]

I feel so bad for young families starting up in life today. What chance do they have with house prices out of their reach and super high rents on properties coupled with ever higher energy prices. Food prices are also going through the roof. What a crazy world we live in where profits is the only criteria.
Although I will also suffer from most of the above, I am glad I was born when I was and don't envy youngsters at all.
When will this spiral of ever increasing prices stop ? How much more can we take?
I don't have an answer to that but I am worried.

 

[Oldhippy]

The only thing that matters is the profit over everything, life included sadly.

 

[gavroche]

I remember when I was a child in the 60s, French tv kept saying that nuclear energy was the way to go as it will produce cheap electricity.
Now we have solar and wind power which are also supposed to also produce cheap and clean electricity.
I think we are constantly being taken for a ride and conned by all politicians and big private companies.
Money and profits will always come first.

 

[midlife]

I have resigned myself to be bank of dad forever....

 

[si_c]

Now we have solar and wind power which are also supposed to also produce cheap and clean electricity.

They do produce electricity significantly cheaper than Oil/Gas/Coal/Nuclear, however the spot price for electricity is determined by the sources that provide the best baseline - in the case of the UK that's Gas. It doesn't even help if the gas comes mainly from UK sources either as the pricing there is determined by the European Market pricing.

The issue with gas is that it's being considered as a "low carbon" transition fuel, meaning it's replacing dirtier fuels such as coal and oil across Europe, this means increased demand for it but no real new sources. This is likely to continue for some time.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm glad I'm on the way out and my funeral is paid for .........

 

[dan_bo]

It's $hite but life will go on. And some of them will vote on that basis when they get their chance.

 

[Rocky]

I went for a lovely 11 mile ride on my Brompton this afternoon. It seems spring has come early. The birds are happy and everything is starting to look green. Nature has a lovely way of making things good.

 

[Rusty Nails]

It's not just youngsters. There are a lot of middle-aged and elderly people with families, or on their own, on minimum wages or very low pensions, and everyone in these groups is going to be very hard hit by rising prices, especially energy.

 

[Dirk]

Will no one think of the pensioners?!

 

[Oldhippy]

Will no one think of the pensioners?!

Or those born in to a situation they have no control over or those who have multiple jobs and still can't afford to live above the breadline or those being priced out of their own environment they grew up in so that the wealthy can profit from the poor.

 

[Deleted User]

Will no one think of the pensioners?!

You don't come across as struggling to pay your bills though do you?

Can't really post daily about eating out, caravan holidays and your recent windfall then moan about being a 'pensioner '.

I'm sure you deserve your luxuries and I would never for one minute begrudge anyone enjoying their retirement but don't make out you're hard done to.

 

[slowmotion]

...and another thing......have you heard the ghastly music that they have to listen to?

 

[Rocky]

...and another thing......have you heard the ghastly music that they have to listen to?

That's one of the upsides of my having poor hearing.

 

[Dirk]

You don't come across as struggling to pay your bills though do you?

Can't really post daily about eating out, caravan holidays and your recent windfall then moan about being a 'pensioner '.

I'm sure you deserve your luxuries and I would never for one minute begrudge anyone enjoying their retirement but don't make out you're hard done to.

You don't recognise irony then?