"Revolution Has Begun": 75,000 Brits To Stop Paying Power Bills Amid Inflation Storm

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[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

In Texas I'm pretty sure they'd just cut off the utilities for all these people. Which would be life-threatening in the summer heat.

If they have good weather, and the courts see what is happening and work with the people, there may be another outcome.

But this is just another result of inflation caused by central bank interest rates being so extremely low for so long. Europe and the US and so many other countries are experiencing inflation from their "covid stimulus" money printing.

[–]agent_pecan 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Also in Texas, people lived here for a long time without ac.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah but the houses were built for that back then. Now they're not built that way so without ac they get super hot.

Black shingles don't make sense, for example. I measured my roof surface at 167F the other day. White adobe makes so much more sense in this heat, but instead people rely on AC to overcome design flaws that trap heat

[–]agent_pecan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

One season without AC and people will fix that issue in their homes.

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

It's not a "fix the issue" thing, you have to build an entirely new house and people don't have money for that. It's cheaper to buy electricity and AC than to fix the issues, which is a big part of why they're not fixed in the first place

[–]agent_pecan 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

People survive in far worse everyday. People adapt.