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How to live without heating - save £000s
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HertsLad said:
I do use my heating but only to 16c & I wear a baselayer+fleece which keeps me perfectly comfortable at that temp. (& yes, when I have mentioned this before on here I have received some minor flack). Interestingly, I do notice that come the end of heating season I feel cold at temperatures that I don't at the start of heating season so one's body obviously adapts to the heated environment.6 -
Astria said:I guess in these kinds of temperatures mentioned above that a fridge is not really required, but in some cases you would still need a freezer, and will a freezer actually work properly when the ambient air is 2c ?1
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BUFF said:Astria said:I guess in these kinds of temperatures mentioned above that a fridge is not really required, but in some cases you would still need a freezer, and will a freezer actually work properly when the ambient air is 2c ?2
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Around March last year, my 12 year old fridge freezer gave up the ghost. I could not afford a new one, so bought a second hand fridge to keep me going. Elec consumption fell around 1 kWh a day. Over the summer, I then bought a new fridge freezer and noticed very little difference in energy consumption. If a fridge freezer is not an essential for an individual, but has around the same runnning costs as a fridge, I'll take the luxury anytime.
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Gerry1 said:BUFF said:Astria said:I guess in these kinds of temperatures mentioned above that a fridge is not really required, but in some cases you would still need a freezer, and will a freezer actually work properly when the ambient air is 2c ?
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pallyman said:
You should change your name to Ebenezer Scrooge.
If everyone reduced their heating to 16C, then it would probably have a significant impact on reducing carbon. But it's like almost everyone relishes their warm homes and are not about to turn down the heating. Fuel poverty with a risk of more people dying? It's not our problem! So what if heating costs have just gone up by around 50%. We should simply accept it and get on with life.4 -
I’m curious as to how the OP dries their laundry in winter? A normal winter, I mean, with rain, snow, frost etc?I used to dry outside as much as possible but there was still a fair amount that needed finishing off inside because it was still damp. And in the “good old days” people still used to put their washing in front of the fire to dry.Also a note that I can (and do) get chilblains on my feet before the temperature is anywhere near zero. I have mild Reynauds although I wouldn’t call it a medical condition in the same way that it affects other people on here.And my dog would leave home. Yes he has fur, but he’s not a husky and not designed for low temperatures. Even with a jumper on.
OPs life may suit them but definitely not for me.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.6 -
HertsLad said:Tsaid:
You should change your name to Ebenezer Scrooge.
If everyone reduced their heating to 16C, then it would probably have a significant impact on reducing carbon. But it's like almost everyone relishes their warm homes and are not about to turn down the heating. Fuel poverty with a risk of more people dying? It's not our problem! So what if heating costs have just gone up by around 50%. We should simply accept it and get on with life.There is a world of difference between being so affluent as not to care about the cost of heating, taking reasonable measures to stay warm (which I would suggest the majority on here take), and going to your sort of extreme measures which sound thoroughly miserable, and will be actively dangerous for many.They work for you - great! But I'm surprised that you are surprised the responses here have been as they are. I doubt what you put up with is endurable by but a tiny number of people in the UK, let alone on this board. There's money saving, and there's cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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