Fuel poverty ‘shocker’ should power energy reform

The show’s host Calum Macdonald asked if something was “just not clicking” between policy and legislation.

Using Viking Energy Windfarm as an example, Mr Macdonald said the windfarm could power up to half a million homes but its owner SSE was given £2 million to switch off its turbines in August.

He added that fuel poverty in the isles was around 30 per cent.

https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/10/08/fuel-poverty-shocker-should-power-energy-reform

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Fuel poverty 'shocker' should power energy reform - The Shetland Times

It is the “greatest injustice” that so many people are in fuel poverty in the isles, when there are energy producers generating so much power....

The right only talks about how much the upfront costs of clean tech will be, never the long term savings we will make from it but human psychology better understands loss instead of money we didn't have to spend.

♲ Mark Lansbury - 2022-09-15 10:01:25 GMT

Switching to renewable energy could save trillions

Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn (£10.2tn) by 2050, an Oxford University study says.

The report said it was wrong and pessimistic to claim that moving quickly towards cleaner energy sources was expensive.

"Even if you're a climate denier, you should be on board with what we're advocating," Prof Doyne Farmer from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School said.

"Our central conclusion is that we should go full speed ahead with the green energy transition **because it's going to save us money," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62892013

#energy #EnergyCrisis #CO2 #EnergyBills #GreenEnergy #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FuelPoverty

Mark Lansbury

Switching to renewable energy could save trillions

Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn (£10.2tn) by 2050, an Oxford University study says.

The report said it was wrong and pessimistic to claim that moving quickly towards cleaner energy sources was expensive.

"Even if you're a climate denier, you should be on board with what we're advocating," Prof Doyne Farmer from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School said.

"Our central conclusion is that we should go full speed ahead with the green energy transition because it's going to save us money," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62892013

#energy #EnergyCrisis #CO2 #EnergyBills #GreenEnergy #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FuelPoverty

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Stop the Energy Price Rise

As winter approaches, energy prices are set to skyrocket – and the Tory government is doing nothing to protect the poorest from catastrophic rises in their bills.

Gas and electricity prices in the UK are regulated by a ‘price cap’, which effectively sets the standard tariffs. This price cap is due to rise by a huge 12% on 1 October.

Then prices will rise again as soon as April, and that rise is due to be even higher. The total increase could be as high as 30% within just six months – over £400.

And as small energy companies go bankrupt, many people who had been on cheaper deals will suddenly be automatically switched to the most expensive ones at the big firms, with no other choices available.

With prices continuing to rise, some energy companies are even calling for the cap to be scrapped altogether. That would be a disaster.

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