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It was credited today, thats why I mentioned it. :)

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Until today, I have never even heard of an EPC.
Checking the Govt site, my address doesnt have one.

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Oh right. Nice one :)

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I had to get an EPC when I put my house on the market, can't remember how I did that but the estate agent emailed me it.

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A neighbour's husband was moaning about having to put extra credit on both the gas and leccy meters. I asked him about the money he should have already had from HMG, and he looked totally puzzled.

The money has gone into his wife's account.

And she still insists on having the living room and master bedroom windows open... whilst the heating is on!

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You can't cure stupid,

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Last year my November bill* was
Gas Units 1196kWh
Gas Cost £42.14

Electricity Units 492kWh
Electricity Cost £88.02

This November
Gas Units 990kWh
Gas Cost £101.34

Electricity Units 371kWh
Electricity Cost £122.54

Gas usage reduced by 17%
Gas cost increase of 141%

Electricity usage reduced by 21%
Electricity cost increase of 39%

Total bill last year £130.16
Total bill this year £223.88
Total increase of 72%

An increase of £93.72 (reduced to £27.72 with the Government’s £66).

We’re lucky, as we have savings - what are the 10% (or 20%, depending on source) who have no savings going to do over Winter?

*October 26 - November 25

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Great info, thanks for sharing, really useful, I will change my life.

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Well done, you.

Mate, if I have helped you in any way, that’s satisfaction enough; no thanks necessary…

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Wow that's an impressive achievement, helping someone to change their life for the better with one post, well done Hugh, great work :tu:

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In the old days people used the village baker's oven to cook their food. Bakers worked early and once finished baking the ovens had residual fuel and heat that could be utilised.


I am aware that bakers are different these days, it seems the only ones with similar ovens would be artisan pizzerias but wonder if communities/neighbours could work out something similar. If you have space in your oven when cooking something up could something else be fitted in benefiting someone else and then swapping over next time. More shared meals would have the same idea and maybe help even more as often bulk buying ingredients is cheaper.

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When I lived off-base in Cyprus, we took it in turns to light and tend to the baker's oven. During the colder months, the heat from its chimney that snaked through the external wall warmed the proving room where the baker slept. After the morning bake, everyone used to fill the oven with sealed pots of stews and soups for long, slow cooking.

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Yeap, indeed, together with 4-5 neighbours, we buy bulk meat, usually from here

https://berkshiremeattraders.co.uk/

and bulk fish from here

https://bradleysfish.com/

We use a digital scale to split the packets and ziplocs to repack it. Restaurant quality.

Note: The fishmonger has a special section for brexiteers, all fish in this section has blue Uk passports and a photo of Farage up their arse

https://bradleysfish.com/product-cat...-in-uk-waters/

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Should the power have to be cut off (which msy be for up to two days) the BBC will be using Radio 2 & Radio 4 FM/LW to broadcast emergency announcements and advice:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...nter-blackouts

My worry is for those on VOIP landlines as they may need to contact someone in an emergency after the battery has run out.

Mobile phones, ATM's, traffic lights etc may all stop working.

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https://media.tenor.com/JA7DqiW6_4kA...mainwaring.gif

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Of course also most high end phones dont have the FM capability, (I think disabled at request of telco providers), low end phones its usually still enabled.

There will be questions asked if we impose blackouts whilst not asking people to save energy as well as industry.