Non - Cost of Living

I posted this nearly 3 years ago on a thread when we were discussing similiar.

https://bournemouth-forum.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/non-oil-rig-marine-life.8300/page-2

https://physicsworld.com/a/wave-energy-in-the-uk-is-it-dead/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/04/swansea-tidal-lagoon-plan-government

This is the latest I have found on this from January this year.

https://theswitch.co.uk/energy/producers/swansea-tidal-power-lagoon

Undersea turbines could generate a tenth of Britain’s power in the future, according to a government-backed sustainable energy research company.
Tidal stream energy uses turbines to extract energy from moving water in oceans and rivers, with UK waters holding around half of Europe's tidal stream resource.

Stephen Wyatt, director of of research and disruptive innovation at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE) - which was established in 2013 by the government - said the 2020s could be a “golden decade” for the approach.

He told The Independent: “Tidal stream technologies are proven and on the cusp of commercialisation, with the most advanced being home-grown in the UK.

“One of the appealing aspects of tidal is its predicatability. We can forecast tides hundreds of years into the future, covering fluctuations from other power sources – you can’t predict when the sun is going to shine months in advance.

“10% is a significant number. In a world where we’re pushing for net zero, it can really move the dial in terms of UK energy demand.”

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/la...tipped-to-provide-10-of-uk-energy-13-01-2022/
 
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Hoof_It said:
"Rishi Sunak rejected calls for a windfall tax last week, saying it would deny the sector the funds it needs in the switch to low-carbon sources of energy."

Wont be paying obscene dividends then as they need these vast sums of money to go green.

Righto Rishi
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Dare not do anything to upset donors.
 
Hoof_It said:
"Rishi Sunak rejected calls for a windfall tax last week, saying it would deny the sector the funds it needs in the switch to low-carbon sources of energy."

Wont be paying obscene dividends then as they need these vast sums of money to go green.

Righto Rishi
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Spineless Sunak
 
Hoof_It said:
"Rishi Sunak rejected calls for a windfall tax last week, saying it would deny the sector the funds it needs in the switch to low-carbon sources of energy."

Wont be paying obscene dividends then as they need these vast sums of money to go green.

Righto Rishi
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I was looking to find some evidence that there's some kind of law or link between energy company profits and their green investments but all I found was this

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/a...ed-profit-over-8-years-citizens-advice-finds/
 
Red_till_im_ded said:
Things are certainly going to be tough for a lot of people in the future. The recent petrol shortage was staged to hide a rapid price increase in fuel whilst making customers relieved that fuel is available. Lorry driver shortage horror stories were created to ensure good sales at supermarkets pre Xmas and ' slide' in higher prices in certain products. We are sat in huge resources of natural gas but due to concerns regarding Fracking we won't mine for it. Hence being controlled by foreign gas pipes. Another increase in council tax is guaranteed for a continuing reduced service and anti car antics. Increase in interest rates will hit those in tracker mortgages or variable rate mortgages. It's pretty horrific really. From my point of view as a self employed sole trader material costs on certain products are going through the roof which is then , unfortunately, passed on to the customer. I've had to increase my labour rate to cover additional fuel costs and running costs of my vehicle. The sad thing is as these prices continue to rise , although they will eventually drop , they will never drop to the prices that they were before these hikes.
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Mate, we have a government that couldn't find its ar5e with both hands if you gave it a flashlight and a map and yet you think they are able to coordinate a driver shortage scam and keep quiet about it?
 
Other supermarkets and local shops are available...

The chairman of Britain's biggest supermarket has warned "the worst is yet to come" on rising food prices.
Tesco's John Allan told the BBC he was aware people were on very tight budgets and having to choose between food and heating "troubles us".
But he said grocers and suppliers were not immune from rising energy costs.
Mr Allan also defended Tesco against claims from food poverty activist Jack Monroe that the costs of basic staples were rising faster than other goods.
He estimated supermarket prices could rise as much as 5% by the spring as energy and other costs feed through to the High Street, adding that Tesco's food price inflation in the last three months had been contained to about 1%.
Worst to come for food price rises, Tesco boss says - BBC News
 
Kudos said:
Rishi Sunak blocking NHS recovery plan because Boris Johnson’s power ‘dying’, NHS chief says (msn.com)

But NI raises and banking levy cuts are set in stone?
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Over promise, underdeliver ?

General election: Johnson promises 50,000 more NHS nurses in manifesto launch

Boris Johnson said income tax, VAT and national insurance contributions would not increase as he launched the Tory manifesto.
The 50,000 nurses will be made up of 14,000 in training and another 5,000 apprentices, while an extra 12,500 nurses will be recruited from abroad through a new NHS visa.
General election: Johnson promises 50,000 more NHS nurses in manifesto launch | Politics News | Sky News

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertain...irecting-pam-tommy/ar-AATydHv?ocid=uxbndlbing

More than £3million of taxpayer money was spent by NHS trusts for more than 750 overseas recruitment trips, new figures have revealed.

Data from 88 NHS acute trusts in England shows that between 2016-17 and 2018-19 at least £3.347million was spent on 762 expenses-paid trips abroad in an effort to hire more doctors and nurses.

Teams were sent to a total of 15 countries, including Italy, Australia, Spain and the Philippines, to help recruit more staff and fill up vacant NHS posts.

NHS spent £3MILLION on expenses-paid trips to recruit foreign doctors (msn.com)
 
Sunak can’t pull some France style tax coup on energy companies because it isn’t in the Tories DNA to do such a thing but also because they are worried it will result in less investment from big companies in the UK in the future.
A massive part of this is because we have gone it alone by leaving the EU and now need to everything we can to still look like a good investment opportunity for big business despite the risk and hassle we present. We’re over a barrel and having to compensate and play ‘nice’ or we will left even more out in the cold in the future.
 
A friend sent me this:

This £200 loan-to-keep-your-gas-bill low thingy...

It’s deliberately confusing, and it’s also being misreported. But here’s my understanding to date.

It’s not a rebate, & you won’t get it as a loan.

The government will pay the fuel companies £200 per user this year.

This is to be regarded as money lent by the companies to the users.

So, as an accounting sleight of hand, the companies get the money now, and they also get the asset (the user’s debt) for the future.

Starting in 2024, every user will be surcharged per month on their fuel bills, until the £200 is “paid off”.

I’m told there are no opt outs.

Like all such manoeuvres, this will bear down differentially depending on people’s circumstances.

Consider a house share. Say 4 adults. One fuel bill between them. £200 enforced debt, right? £50 each?

Well, apparently not. The “recoup” will be taken in 2024 *per bill in 2024*.
If those 4 have managed to move out to their own places & get their own fuel bills... they will EACH be “repaying” £200. Not a quarter of it.

I cannot see how this can possibly be legal. I look forward to the challenges.

Frankly, when Martin Lewis the money expert says people should be rioting, it’s hard to disagree. It’s a Poll Tax moment.
 
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