Given electricity, petrol, kerosene (domestic heating oil), town gas and bottled gas prices ....
Overlay the UK government scrambling to keep open 2x coal and 1x nuclear power stations earmarked for closure, the Germans reopening mothballed coal power stations, the Russians cutting off gas, the Europeans banning imports of Russian petroleum products ....
Overlay the contingency planning across Europe for power cuts in the winter. Last year friend's mum in a rural location was cut off from electricity for weeks ....
So I have incredibly reluctantly gone old school. Bought a refurbished iron age multi fuel stove. I have a tonne of phurnacite (low smoke, low ash anthracite pressed beads) arriving today as well.
Will be recommissioning an unused 1980s chimney which is clay pipe lined.
These anthracite beads will burn through the night. In addition to oil central heating on a timer, a friend in my village has two cast iron stoves running 24x7 using phurnacite during the winter.
25kg bags were £12 pre covid. They are now £14 (less volume discounts) moving to £16 in July.
Hopefully I won't need to use this kit for many years but who knows what the winter will bring ?
As an aside, my coal man is making much higher deliveries than normal for this time of year as folk are clearly stockpiling and trying to beat price rises.
Overlay the UK government scrambling to keep open 2x coal and 1x nuclear power stations earmarked for closure, the Germans reopening mothballed coal power stations, the Russians cutting off gas, the Europeans banning imports of Russian petroleum products ....
Overlay the contingency planning across Europe for power cuts in the winter. Last year friend's mum in a rural location was cut off from electricity for weeks ....
So I have incredibly reluctantly gone old school. Bought a refurbished iron age multi fuel stove. I have a tonne of phurnacite (low smoke, low ash anthracite pressed beads) arriving today as well.
Will be recommissioning an unused 1980s chimney which is clay pipe lined.
These anthracite beads will burn through the night. In addition to oil central heating on a timer, a friend in my village has two cast iron stoves running 24x7 using phurnacite during the winter.
25kg bags were £12 pre covid. They are now £14 (less volume discounts) moving to £16 in July.
Hopefully I won't need to use this kit for many years but who knows what the winter will bring ?
As an aside, my coal man is making much higher deliveries than normal for this time of year as folk are clearly stockpiling and trying to beat price rises.
Col can you tell me what 17.5k gets you re solar please? I'm thinking of going EV plus solar if solar can charge a battery that inturn charges car overnight?
