General Chat

Florence, when we moved in here in 1988 we asked about solar panels and were turned right off because we were told it took 20 years to pay at which point they would need or have already needed some maintenance. That, along with the hefty cost at that time put us right off. They are cheaper now but we have not bothered as OH says we need a new roof before we get solar panels installed - and at our age, I can’t see much point.

One word describes folk like these Anarchists :-|

AnninGlous...yes absolutely agree with you.

I just dont know how the police cannot round them up and clear the road. They manage to do this at other places?

One man was late for his oncology appointment, another was travelling from Wales to London to actually insulate someones home and had to cancel the job...rediculous.

In my last house, the landlord had this free insulation put upstairs thinking it would make the bedrooms warmer.But the velox windows in the walls were old and leaking and not double glazed. So unless you upgrade your windows if they are very old, then insulating the walls will not help or make the rooms warmer.

These companies offering "free insulation" beware because having had first hand experience of them, they did a rubbish job and created a dreadful mess and no my heating bill did not reduce but stayed the same.

In the rural areas particularly up here, fuel prices went through the roof a few years ago and the price of heating oil was horrendous. So people went back to cutting peat from the moor and heating the home with an open fire in a bid to save money.

Many have multi fuel stoves that heat the water and the radiators too.

Its a bit of a catch 22 situation really isnt it?

They dont give free grants to replace your windows so anyone thinking free insulation will reduce their heating bills think again.
As for solar panels. They actually only last about 15 years and probably takes 10 years to pay for them so not sure where the savings are with that.

We can and are im sure all doing our bit to save the planet but really its not a new thing.When I was about 8 or 9, i used to go over the beach after tea with my grandad when the tide had gone out and we would collect drift wood for the open fire.Presents were wrapped in brown paper and string which was reused many times. We took string bags to buy the shopping not plastic carrier bags.

Reuse, reduce and recycle is nothing new. We all have been doing it for years.We just have to educate the next generation which most of us families do anyway.

Blocking roads will not make people take notice at all. I think it will have the opposite effect.
I was once told, that if i went on strike over my pay, then i would almost certainly lose my job!
Do these demonstrators actually have "proper jobs" and if so why are they not in work?

Florence in the hebrides

Good point, AnnG :-0

Many of these protestors and demonstrators are only there to cause problems for the police etc, they have no interest in the cause otherwise why hold up motorists who are then contributing to higher emissions the very thing they are supposed to be protesting about. and, yes, the police should be moving them on.

Wonder whether the motorists could sue these individuals for loss of earnings :-0

After yesterdays demonstrations on the M25 about insulating your home to help combat climate change and the chaos they caused in blocking the roads, i have just heard on the traffic news on R2, they are again demonstrating on the M25.

Whilst im not against peaceful demos, this is a major motorway. People were prevented from getting to work and what about the emergency services??

They should have removed them from the road and charged them! How could they allow them to sit infront of furious motorists and prevent them from going about the daily lives?

One demonstrator was interviewed on the Jeremy Vine show who admitted that she didnt actually know anything about insulation or how it works!!!!


Florence in the hebrides