Ways to save energy.

[Bairnardo]

Finally, after years of being a catch-all nugget of advice for all scenarios, it is sadly time to retire "windows down, heating up full blast".

 

I have no idea how the energy crisis is going to affect me financially, its a wait and see job. I do know I am going to install solar panels as a way to offset it but other than that, me and my household need to tighten our game. And there's nothing like a crisis to make you realise how ill prepared you are.

 

I recently read (having boiled a kettle for water to cook stuff in for years) that heating your water on the gas hob is actually cheaper.

 

Does anyone else know stuff that might in some small help people who are really going to struggle?

 

One wee tip on here might seem like f**k all but when folk are picking between heat or food.....

[TheScarf]

Save money on teabags by drinking coffee. 

[BFTD]

11 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Finally, after years of being a catch-all nugget of advice for all scenarios, it is sadly time to retire "windows down, heating up full blast".

Windaes up, burn the elderly in the fireplace.

[Bairnardo]

Windaes up, barbecue the elderly in the fireplace.

Two birds, one stone etc

[Richey Edwards]

Save money on cat food and cat litter by not having a cat and just slashing your furniture with a stanley knife.

[Estragon]

If you want a pet, choose something self sufficient like an owl.

[Paul Kersey]

An aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an eco friendly vibrator.

[Billy Jean King]

Isnt this just a cut and paste from the Viz letters page ?

[doulikefish]

Just now, Billy Jean King said:

Isnt this just a cut and paste from the Viz letters page ?

This is

Give your clothes to Oxfam and buy them back for 50p

Saving a fortune on electricity and water 

[Richey Edwards]

Fool people into thinking you can afford expensive butter by spreading margarine on your bread rough as f**k and making holes in it.

[Ron Aldo]

People who smoke are always talking about how much money they save after they quit. My advice is therefore to take up smoking then quit straight away. Think of the savings!

[BFTD]

16 minutes ago, doulikefish said:

This is

Give your clothes to Oxfam and buy them back for 50p

Saving a fortune on electricity and water 

For me, the funniest part of that joke has always been that some people assume that charities actually wash the donated clothes.

Anyway, save money on heating bathwater by covering yourself in your granny's old Ralgex.

[Shandon Par]

1 hour ago, Bairnardo said:

 

Finally, after years of being a catch-all nugget of advice for all scenarios, it is sadly time to retire "windows down, heating up full blast".

 

I have no idea how the energy crisis is going to affect me financially, its a wait and see job. I do know I am going to install solar panels as a way to offset it but other than that, me and my household need to tighten our game. And there's nothing like a crisis to make you realise how ill prepared you are.

 

I recently read (having boiled a kettle for water to cook stuff in for years) that heating your water on the gas hob is actually cheaper.

 

Does anyone else know stuff that might in some small help people who are really going to struggle?

 

One wee tip on here might seem like f**k all but when folk are picking between heat or food.....

 

Burn your season ticket. 

[BFTD]

7 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:

Burn your season ticket. 

Surely that's how the pair of you lit the fires to cook your Christmas dinners?

[Shandon Par]

3 minutes ago, BFTD said:

Surely that's how the pair of you lit the fires to cook your Christmas dinners?

Maybe Martin Lewis could find a way to stop my Mrs buying bedding and rugs all the time. 
 

Can’t speak for the Camelon Chipmunk but we went out for a curry for Christmas dinner.

Edited April 14, 2022 by Shandon Par

[BFTD]

2 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:

Maybe Martin Lewis could find a way to stop my Mrs buying bedding and rugs all the time. 

Sounds like the Leprechaun of Larbert is a right messy b*****d.

[Silvio Tattiescone]

Wash clothes in cold water - heat makes little difference.

Check all your air vents in the house are clear - good airflow helps keep energy bills down

 

Ask Alexa for your daily sustainability tip.

[Left Back]

Save money on gas by buying a logburner to heat your house.

[philpy]

1 hour ago, Estragon said:

If you want a pet, choose something self sufficient like an owl.

 

[Bert Raccoon]