https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-15/energy-bill-increase/101292218
Try interviewing someone that is not in your bloody face virtue signaling for a change. Sure we can all try and out-do each other by playing this stupid game of, Oh look I don't use much or any electricity. Yes, there are people like that out there, really! I know some that will even not use a fan or air con in the summer and brag about it.
Why not interview people that live in a really cold area like Canberra, Braidwood or other very cold regions like Thredbo, Bombala, Bathurst etc, that are in similar circumstances or worse. Paying private rent or live in a government house. They need a heating system as it’s very cold and in winter it’s often below zero overnight and can be in single digits during the day. Many without the benefit of a working heating system can become very ill in the cold damp winters, contracting bronchial pneumonia and other often fatal illnesses.
This climate change lie is making life damn difficult for ordinary people as it is, but living on welfare (read trying to survive), it’s even more difficult. There are families living like this not just single people, not that that should matter. This is a basic human right to be able to have a warm home in winter and a cool home in summer. This is not a third world country but between the private corporations, governments and this climate change garbage it could drive people to take their own lives just like in Britain, and who is going to be responsible for that while the greedy individuals behind this climate lie are getting rich off the suffering of the public?
Make these rich bastards comply with their restrictions that are forced on the public, take away their cars, their electricity, private jets, yachts etc. Make them live for a year at minimum in the exact same circumstances as people that are doing it tough financially, mentally and trying to eat healthy. It is almost impossible to survive and be healthy. You will also find these people that are struggling are also on medication which sometimes is not on the PBS and is much needed. Not all equivalent medication does the same job as drugs that are not on the PBS either especially antidepressants and medication for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia there are marked differences between alternative medications with unwanted side effects or they are just not as effective which adds to the problems of day to day living or survival.
Why not take all of these things into consideration when writing an article like this for the true human impact on the lives of people. I know people in terrible circumstances much worse than what is printed in this rubbish article. Why didn’t they do a deeper report on how the cost of living as well as the electricity cost affects her as her well-being? I will tell you why, it’s because it will open up a floodgate of problems for the media and the government.
One person’s experience is not enough for the message to get across either. How much of a person’s life savings is eaten up by paying energy bills, food and medicine and every day living? Remember that many people rely only of a government benefit or pension and have no other income or money in the bank at all.
There is so much more to existence than paying for electricity. Electricity does not need to be so expensive it is only because of corporate greed. On top of this the political drive there is also a drive to stop people using gas so they put the price up. Again a money grab for their energy buddies and I am pretty sure they will be well compensated when all gas appliances are phased out.
The screws keep tightening on daily life for most of us and they will not ease. That is not the intention and never has been. Many people are well aware of the agenda to reduce the world population and Bill Gates, bless his black shriveled up little heart; keeps reminding us of this agenda. Humans are hell bent on a race to the bottom at present and it is not going to let up any time soon.
Update
Lol, are they reading my blog? But it’s not just renters that are affected What about people with a mortgage too and raising a family or elderly people. Australian houses are poorly built and always have been. If our country wasn’t so insular they would look to Europeans for how to build better houses, but the price of housing would go up drastically because the industry is so bloody corrupt including the banking industry that drives this. Double glazing is a new concept in Australia but has been in Europe since the late late Victorian times but not fully until 1960’s or early 70’s. I remember my gran’s council house being fitted with double glazing in the mid 70’s. That house was built in the 1930’s. And was double bricked with a fireplace in every room. My other gran moved into a council flat around 1972 or 73 which was newly built and it was double glazed with ducted heating. The building being double bricked too by law.
World health organisation (WHO) recommends the minimum heat in a houses should be 18 degrees. Hmmm what about that bullshit carbon footprint then? Hypocritical and to have a house this warm is out of the price range for many home owners too in Australia, and especially in cold regions.
Currently we are being told to reduce our electricity usage too. Many of us don’t have the luxury of choice either. Just think how expensive it is when you can’t afford to heat your home regardless of being a person with a mortgage, own your home outright or rent. Not everyone has a well paying job or a regular decent income. Again this article is cherry picked to a few people and very slanted such is modern journalism with an agenda. If you are lucky enough to have solar panels you still need to fork out for batteries if you want to store the power.
