I get about 30mpg in the Plus8 . Varies on weight of my right foot!
Current local cost of petrol is £1.60/l. So £7.20/gal.
That’s 24p per mile.
I am wondering how long the current energy price rise will last for.
A recent Which report compared ownership costs of an EV versus the nearest ICE version of cars. Breakeven was several years due to the high up front purchase cost of the EV compared to ICE. The ongoing fuel/servicing etc costs savings of the EV were not enough to reduce the higher purchase cost.
I haven’t had a breakdown of my soon to increase costs from the energy supplier.
If the wholesale cost of gas is the underlying reason for the price hikes then I hope the “ standing charge” remains unchanged, after all, the last hike in it was to partly pay the surviving supply companies to absorb the costs from the ones gone bust. The standing charge should at worst be influenced by inflation rate scrutiny but only for the basic infrastructure maintenance and investment plan. The companies are unlikely to reduce dividends to shareholders/ executives are they?
The convoluted pricing where green sourced renewable energy is mixed in with non-renewable looks a bit like imaginative market-speak. A lot of spin being put out.
Fergal Sharkey was interviewed on TV this morning. A big campaigner on water issues. Some interesting comments about the lack of investment that seems to have been at the expense of profits! Sewage dumping appears to be likely be continuing with little deterrent. He stated that the government seem to be relaxing the limits.
Soap Box time.......
Meanwhile the current Tory leadership campaign is being used as a “reason” to defer any action! Waiting for the new leader! The candidates are pmaying to the very small number of Tory Party members who will vote them in. It looks like a case of that is a priority over running the country when things are going pear-shaped. What odds on a General Election before Christmas?
