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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I have been thinking about this and it seems to me that some of us are going to end up worse off. For instance we don't have any cavities in our walls so no cavity wall insulation for us. We don't have a loft. We have a loft conversion, so nowhere to put loft insulation unless you rip all the slates off and do it from the outside. So, the energy companies are going to be made to fund all these insulation measures and will probably put prices up to cover their expenses. That means that we will have no benefit and yet will end up paying more to finance other people's home improvements. Nice one Gordon.
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I think a lot of people will be in your shoes, and will suffer from higher energy prices thanks to the latest ill-thought initiative.
As I have said before, we should be cutting the tax on energy saving products to make them the attractive alternative for everybody. People have a genuine need for energy saving products, not only does it mean we are less dependent on energy, but it is very economical. People in same sized housing with same number of people in it can be saving up to 60% on their annual energy bill if they're careful and have installed energy saving products.
It just strikes me as absurd that we buy less efficient products because it is the cheaper option, when government could reduce tax as way of nudging people into the more efficient decision. We should have been doing this years ago when the the times were good.