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[EviLore]

Dial it down, Generation Z – and embrace ‘jumpernomics’ instead of overheating your homes

The barefoot-in-December lifestyle younger people perceive as a necessity is, in fact, a luxury that we can no longer afford

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[6502]

Dial it down, Generation Z – and embrace ‘jumpernomics’ instead of overheating your homes

The barefoot-in-December lifestyle younger people perceive as a necessity is, in fact, a luxury that we can no longer afford

www.telegraph.co.uk

Let them eat cake.

 

[Insane Metal]

Are they still using that sugar petrol (was that the 70s?) or did they go back to oil?

Ethanol (or at least that's what they call it here). Well there is ethanol and gas. But even our gas has 27% ethanol... lol.

 

[DKehoe]

Dial it down, Generation Z – and embrace ‘jumpernomics’ instead of overheating your homes

The barefoot-in-December lifestyle younger people perceive as a necessity is, in fact, a luxury that we can no longer afford

www.telegraph.co.uk

These columnists seem to get paid six figures just to figure out ways to blame Millenials and Gen Z (terms they use interchangeably) for everything.

 

[Alx]

Let them eat cake.

Honestly I don’t know whether we can ‘afford’ to live at the same temperature all year long, but it’s definitely a good habit to use heating more sparingly, and in particular to have a colder house in winter and wear robes or wool inside. Better for your health, budget, environment and even life balance (I’m no hippie but I find it soothing to have my life follow the cycle of seasons, and tucking myself under warm sheets at night when the room is cold is part of that)
I’m not talking about living it rough obviously, but less cocooning isn’t bad.

 

[DKehoe]

They had to have known what they were doing when they picked this guy to report on it

 

[DKehoe]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

LOL.

When I'd go out to lunch at the food court pre-covid there was a clothing store that had a giant sign up saying "Closing Sale" with big % off signs everywhere.

It had been up for at least 5 years.

AT some point when the office opens back up and I'm back eating lunch there, it'll probably still be there.

 

[Impotaku]

Live in a towerblock where gas is forbidden so it's having zero impact on me, during the spring & summer months i overpay the electricity bills so i'm in shitloads of credit so when winter comes i can take it easy with heating without the hassle of huge bills needing to be paid. Lol all the dumb fucks who voted for all this shit are now getting their rewards i can sit on the sidelines & laugh my ass off. Most people here in the uk don't really know what struggling/survival is and it's amusing watching them all panic like sheep, used to live in jamaica where if i wanted water i had to go with a bucket & string to pull it up from the tank and carry it back to the house i can survive any shit here in the uk.

 

[Gp1]

Are they still using that sugar petrol (was that the 70s?) or did they go back to oil?

Yes we still have the option to use ethanol and basically every auto is hybrid between petrol and ethanol. But the same plant that produces ethanol also produces sugar so the prices are not very competitive.

Considering that sugar prices in dollar went up and BRL is undervalued, this makes the Brazilian sugar specially competitive at the international market.

Between produce ethanol (undervalued and for the internal market) or sugar (overvalued in dollar), the decision is easy for the producers.

i read sometime ago about the situation in UK. Is really that bad?

Inflation (ok, it's almost a global now) energy crisis, gas prices skyrocketing, energy firms defaulting, low economic growth, lack of HGV driver so food shortages, petrol shortages...

what a clusterfuck.

 

[T8SC]

Igloo has now gone under, along with two other smaller companies.

Energy crisis: Igloo and two other firms join list of small suppliers on scrap heap as gas prices leap | Business News | Sky News

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Three more gas suppliers have gone down this morning. You won’t read about it in the news yet but trust me you will in the next few days.

 

[T8SC]

Three more gas suppliers have gone down this morning. You won’t read about it in the news yet but trust me you will in the next few days.

Omni Energy one of those?

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Omni Energy one of those?

No not them you are okay.

 

[T8SC]

No not them you are okay.

I'm not with them, I just read that they were expecting to be the 13th to go bust. I think the Guardian or Independent reported it the other day.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Three more gas suppliers have gone down this morning. You won’t read about it in the news yet but trust me you will in the next few days.

Pure Planet are one of the 3.