just few thoughts about the energy situation

VohnnyJegas

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Martico said:

I know that my City Council (Bristol) is setting up some buildings as "warm banks" from October that people can go to, at least during the day. 
Sad it has to come to this, but it's happening. There are a few similar community schemes being organised as well.

The Council would have a lot more money to play with had it not invested in Bristol Energy. Good to see but these are the actions of a Third-World country. 

But Councils have invested money in various "non-council" areas and some have worked out, and some haven't.

Manchester Airport Group is majority owned by the councils of Greater Manchester, and they've done very well out of it.

But it could easily have gone the other way and been a terrible investment.  The only answer to which would be councils sticking their money in savings accounts and earning very little, which you'd likely criticise them for too.