The cost of living... what can we do?

Are you running on coconut oil.
Mines still the same, £260, I'm obviously running on creosote.

 

No just a dirty diesel, we bought the car 9 years ago and was £20 then and with the charges to the road tax system i was waiting for it to go up

 

We had the oil crisis in the 70s, oil is nearly running out they said and in a few years there will be no cars on the road.

Then they took the lead out of petrol because it was turning people stupid, and the lead out of paint because they couldn't stop people chewing the paintwork.

Then they said everything will be fine as long as we all have catalytic converters.

Then they told us all to buy environmentally friendly diesels.

Now they tell us Electric is the way to go, for some reason I'm not believing it.

 

And you are right. We have a high carbon tax on anything petroleum and have been told to switch to electric cars and heat pumps for our homes. Heat pumps can't handle a Canadian winter.

And now our feds have just announced that they are going to be putting a carbon tax on Electricity!!!

 

If you live in a town consider doing without a car.

I cycle and walk since selling our old car back last year. I haven't missed it and the savings are huge.

It requires a change of outlook, decent all weather clothes and the use of delivery services where available

 

So what are they not likely to put a carbon tax on?
Unless they want us all to go back to living in caves, somewhere along the line they have to accept that you cant live on the planet without leaving a footprint, I dont care how they want to dress it up, no one is, or ever will be the, so called, carbon neutral that they keep whittering on about.
I produce carbon dioxide everyday, just by breathing, are they going to put a carbon tax on breathing?

I hope I haven't given them any ideas.

 

Your right, I was wrong its £265 a year. We dont all own modern cars.If you dont keep up they punish you.

 

Yeah I cant walk far these days and I dont intend becoming a prisoner, it might work for a few but it wont work for me.
I'm sure getting rid of a car is a definite money saver, just not sure I'm ready for that yet, not many people actually live in a town, most are around the outside and as town centres die due to being car unfriendly the benefits of living town centre will decline as time goes by.

 

Energy prices to come down a bit in October apparently.

 

Some food price's have come down but there is some that are going up

 

Not seen any come down yet, I doubt many will.
They are just going to slowly stop going up so fast.

 

Milk as come down 6pints was £2.30 now £2.15 some meats have as well
Frozon mushrooms was £1.05 now £1.40
Rolled oats 1kg for a long time was 70p now 90p

 

I'm pretty terrible when it comes to most prices, ask me how much a loaf of bread is and I haven't got a clue.
Its the stuff you have to have that I never really look at the prices, its only really what I consider luxuries that I look at the prices and remember them.

Even petrol I rarely look at the price, I need it so have to buy it.