Energy cost, Fix or flexible tarrif?

[Ribenapigeon]

I received my offer to renew with my current energy supplier. To fix now will be double what I now pay or I can go onto a flexible tarrif, which may go up but also a year is a long time and the government might pull its finget out and gas prices might return to normal in the coming year. What's the BCFers strategic view?

[Nobby the Bastard]

At the moment it's a coin toss. The odds are we're all bing to be royallly arseraped regardless.

I'm inclined to go fixed. We've not reached the summit of the price rises yet.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Im inclined to agree. Last year at this time I hesitated to fix (the actual renewal is at the end of October) and ended up on a higher tarrif. Also thinking of ways of halving my energy usage, which is easy to consider when its warm but might be harder when winter comes.

[Ste]

A fixed price tariff is the only way to go.

The fact that there are less and less fixed price tariffs available gives a big indication of things to come.

Lets be honest, energy prices aren't going to go down over the next year or two.

Nobby are you on a fixed price tariff or are you on a standard variable tariff?

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[Nobby the Bastard]

No idea, Mrs Bastard took it on herself to deal with the energy needs.
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[MarJay]

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[MarJay]

We need to suck up stuff like having wave power machines in the ocean, having wind generators on hills and in the sea. We need to build a few dams, build a tidal generator in the Severn and Thames estuaries. It all takes money and time and there are powerful lobbies out there for coal, gas etc which don't want that. There are also NIMBY types who don't like wind power as it 'kills the birds' (it doesn't) and ruins the views from their golf courses. We have the ability to go 100% renewable but it needs more of an impetus from government and breaking of the reluctance of NIMBYS and anti nuclear people.
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[chickenstrip]

If it can be shown that all this renewable stuff is indeed viable (and tbh, I'm yet to be convinced that it is - the distant future is a separate issue and we can't know now what will be learned), then the gas and oil industries can go stuff themselves. But there are a million problems to be solved (and I NEVER exaggerate!), and as you say, it cannot be done overnight. Meanwhile, if everything falls apart because we failed to deal with the short term, then none of it is going to happen, not that it'll matter cos there'll be no working economies left to power.

I want to see a practical strategy on renewables, not airy-fairy pie-in-the-sky dreaming.
And I think we are still going to have to come up with serious energy storage solutions.

And personally, I'd be happy if I never had to lay eyes on a golf course again

Meanwhile, we do as I have laid out for you (no, that's ok, no need to thank me ).
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[Nobby the Bastard]

If the severn tidal lagoons are built there would be a perfect base load renewable source of power.

Aside from the periods of slack water....
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Is geothermal applicable in the UK?
Nevertheless, we need short term solutions as a matter of urgency. Once again, I have given you those, you're welcome
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