Scottish Power announces huge price hikes

Rupert_Bear

And Cameron said we were all in this together.

Graham_Devon

Rupert_Bear wrote: »

And Cameron said we were all in this together.

Are we not then?

chewmylegoff

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Did you take my post literally?!

yes, i took it 100% literally. you win a year's subscription to scottish power's most uncompetitive rate.

chewmylegoff

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Are we not then?

Nope. Bill the Badger his having his salary paid into an offshore trust, and Edward Trunk is evading IR35 with a tenuously drafted contract.

Never trust animals in humanoid form (don't get me started on the reptilian shape shifters).

debtistheft

I dread to think that the utility bill would be for 10 Downing street. Mr Cameron will be broken financially paying for all that.

Really2

chewmylegoff wrote: »

yes, i took it 100% literally. you win a year's subscription to scottish power's most uncompetitive rate.

Me too,

If that was my attempt of a Joke I think I may have run with the electricity taking 36 hours instead.:D

A._Badger

michaels wrote: »

OK - old people who could have their houses insulated by grant versus all the polynesian islanders with no island any more and those billions who have less than a dollar a day and can no longer afford food because climate change is reducing output and pushing up prices...but then they are far away so why worry about them - whereas global warming all else being equal will reduce heating needs in the long run (although the poor oldies will die from heat stroke and smog instead of hypothermia).

What sea level rises? It is, at best, a theory.

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2010/08/09/sea-level-history-lesson/

As for deaths, it is clear that cold kills far more than heat. Even if the IPCC was right in its most scare-mongering predictions , 2 degrees C isn't going to make a scrap of difference compared with last winter's death toll. The following from the Telegraph in January 2010:

"In England and Wales, the most recent data available shows that deaths of older people rose by up to 17 per cent between Christmas and New Year, even before the worst of the bitter weather began to take its toll. Some 9,455 deaths were registered in the week from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day – three per cent higher than the average for the time of year but up 10 per cent on the previous week.
Among over 65s it represents a 12 per cent rise week-on-week and as much as 17 per cent among those aged 75 to 84, of whom just over 3,000 died in a week.
Previous years have seen a steady fall in deaths over the Christmas period rather than a rise."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6997427/Britains-cold-weather-deaths-soar-as-winter-takes-its-toll.html

Bring back the Aztecs. At least they only killed a few as sacrifices to their dark gods.

Kohoutek

A._Badger wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6997427/Britains-cold-weather-deaths-soar-as-winter-takes-its-toll.html

Bring back the Aztecs. At least they only killed a few as sacrifices to their dark gods.

How is exactly is that the fault of those that advocate green energy? Those pensioners were killed indirectly by expensive fossil fuel energy prices.

C_Mababejive

Conrad wrote: »

With 50/60 million new souls being added to planet Earth annualy, we all better realise prices will be on a logarithmic steep upwards trend hereon in. Nuclear decline in Germany, perhaps Japan will also lead to a surge in Gas prices. AID also ensures a higher and faster growing more urban population. Developing nations are sucking in commodities like you wouldn't believe.

Forget the past, high prices all the way folks. Before you call for higher wages, just keep in mind this will mean higher prices still and make it even harder for us to export.

I could be wrong but I have this feeling we have been living a fantasy........

With so many people around,maybe we should all huddle together like Emperor penguins?

noh

A._Badger wrote: »

What sea level rises? It is, at best, a theory.

http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2010/08/09/sea-level-history-lesson/

As for deaths, it is clear that cold kills far more than heat. Even if the IPCC was right in its most scare-mongering predictions , 2 degrees C isn't going to make a scrap of difference compared with last winter's death toll. The following from the Telegraph in January 2010:

"In England and Wales, the most recent data available shows that deaths of older people rose by up to 17 per cent between Christmas and New Year, even before the worst of the bitter weather began to take its toll. Some 9,455 deaths were registered in the week from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day – three per cent higher than the average for the time of year but up 10 per cent on the previous week.
Among over 65s it represents a 12 per cent rise week-on-week and as much as 17 per cent among those aged 75 to 84, of whom just over 3,000 died in a week.
Previous years have seen a steady fall in deaths over the Christmas period rather than a rise."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6997427/Britains-cold-weather-deaths-soar-as-winter-takes-its-toll.html

Bring back the Aztecs. At least they only killed a few as sacrifices to their dark gods.

Which just goes to show how statistics can be misrepresented by the press.

Here is the ONS report on excess winter deaths for the same winter.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=574

"In the winter period (December to March) of 2009/10 there were an estimated 25,400 more deaths in England and Wales, compared with the average for the non-winter period (see definition below). This was a decrease of 30 per cent compared with the number in the previous winter, but is slightly higher than the level seen in 2007/08."


" Increases in deaths from respiratory and circulatory diseases cause most of the excess winter mortality. Influenza is often implicated in winter deaths as it can cause complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia, especially in the elderly. However, relatively few death certificates actually mention influenza. The winter of 2009/10 was the coldest since 1995/96 (The Met Office, 2010), but levels of influenza were relatively low for most of the winter season (Health Protection Agency, 2010)."