Middle-earning Scottish household will start struggling to heat and power their homes from this year thanks to large hikes in energy costs, according to an official study. The number of homes north of the Border in “fuel poverty” is expected to have increased rapidly to 800,000 last year – more than a third of the total – thanks to rising energy bills. Continue reading
Tag Archives: fuel poverty
Fury As British Gas Unveils 25% Profit Jump
The energy giant cashes in on soaring power bills with a £350m profit as one in five households faces fuel poverty Continue reading
Britain’s Green Energy Plans At ‘High Risk Of Failure’, Watchdog Warns
The Coalition’s plans to keep Britain’s lights on with green electricity have a “high risk” of failing, the Major Projects Authority has warned. The watchdog is “doubtful” that Britain can have a reliable energy supply from green sources and keep energy bills affordable under the current plans. Continue reading
UK: Ed Davey admits families will face higher electricity bills under energy reforms
Families will face higher electricity bills under reforms to encourage greater investment in green energy, Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, has admitted. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics
Tagged energy subsidies, fuel poverty, government subsidies, solar power, Wind power
Government To Review Green Deal Fiasco
Downing Street is about to review the government’s Green Deal after warnings that it’s liable to fail. The number of people unable to afford their energy bills is likely to rise to 8.5 million. Continue reading
15% Of Germans Threatened By Fuel Poverty
Electricity prices are rising in Germany – and citizen with a low-income are suffering particularly. They are at risk of fuel poverty. 10 to 15 percent of Germans are now struggling to pay their energy bills. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Climate Change, Environmentalism
Tagged climate hysteria, fuel poverty, hatred of humans, insane greens
Richard Black: Has the ‘greenest government ever’ gassed itself?
Climate hysteric Richard Black is concerned the UK government is not going to destroy baseload electrical generation but rather use a practical and affordable fuel Continue reading
In Africa’s Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo
In the district of Asosa, the land is thick with bamboo. People plant it and manage the forests. They rely on its soil-grabbing roots to stabilize steep slopes and riverbanks, cutting erosion. They harvest it to burn for fuel, to make into charcoal sticks to sell to city dwellers and to build furniture. Continue reading
Gerald Warner: Fuelling An Inconvenient Delusion That Spells Ruin For Scotland
Wind power – more accurately wind impotence, since turbines operate at just 24 per cent of capacity – is the curse of Scotland. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Green hell
Tagged anti-wind, fuel poverty, government subsidies
UK: Green Deal In Chaos As Support Is Crumbling Away
“DECC have spent millions of pounds of tax payers money to arrive at a Green Deal scheme that is nothing more than a very expensive and complex ‘buy now, pay later and pay much more’ finance offering.” Continue reading
Get cracking on fracking, says economist
South Africa needs to get moving on exploring the potential of its suspected shale gas fields in the Karoo, a top economist said. Continue reading
Aus Power firms face $4bn carbon slug
ELECTRICITY generators have warned that they face a cashflow crunch of hundreds of millions of dollars to buy carbon tax permits as the latest greenhouse gas emissions figures suggest almost $4 billion of the $7.7bn to be raised in the first year of the policy will come from power companies. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Tagged cap & tax, co2 emissions, dioxycarbophobia, fuel poverty
Roger Pielke Jr.: Gasoline Intensity of The Economy
Following up yesterday’s post on US gasoline prices, here is a comparison figure for UK petrol spending as a proportion of GDP over the period 1991-2010 (the period for which data is available) with petrol data from the UK government’s DECC and GDP data from ONS (conversion factors courtesy BP). Continue reading
Damian Carrington: “Wind power still gets lower public subsidies than fossil fuel tax breaks”
On an “industry” for industry basis that might be trivially true but on a per unit of energy basis – an apples and apples comparison – wind enjoys an enormous (and ridiculous) public funding advantage Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Coal, Economics, Oil and gas
Tagged energy subsidies, fuel poverty, government subsidies, Wind power
George Osborne: UK has run out of money
And in a way that’s good news – no more disastrous Keynesian waste making things worse Continue reading
