More than 15 million homes say they are worried about being cold this winter, a survey has found
  • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    This is heartbreaking. I wish the government cared about it’s people.

      • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Offer financials aid to those in need, prioritize it over militarization. Offer tax incentives for switching to heat pumps. Offer tax incentives for renewable energy.

        • skujcici7755@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Financial aid and tax incentives are good thoughts however they would need to be carefully costed as very few houses in the UK have heat pumps so this could go into the hundreds of billions of pounds.

          The tories have plundered the state for tax breaks for their mates in the city and Brexit has destroyed trade between the EU and the UK.

          • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            5 days ago

            Fucking Tories at the bottom of every problem :( I guess I figured the push to militarize could be balanced with aiding the upgrade of heat pumps, I need to remember that the UK is a smaller country than the US and has a smaller pool of tax revenue to pull from. I just hope some kind of solution comes before people freeze to death in the winters.

            • skujcici7755@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              4 days ago

              Its more fundamental than that. The infrastructure is not built for it. Some houses having wiring from the 1800s and would need rewiring and a new switchboard before even considering a heat pump system. Local electricity substations might even need upgrading, conceivably.

              • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                2 days ago

                Ugh yeah I didn’t even think of that, Europe has so many challenges :( I remember getting water radiator heating into my place in Bulgaria, I was still a kid but it was so expensive, took 3 incomes and a lot of saving, that’s in the USA where salaries are higher.

    • TBi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      It’s the voters that are the problem. If voters consistently voted for a government that took care of the people then it would.

      But half or more vote for the tories. How many years did UK have Tory rule?

      • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        Labour isn’t doing much better either. UK can’t catch a break. As for the voters, they’re being manipulated by an organized and well funded misinformation machine on multiple fronts. Look what it did to maga, Brazil, everywhere. Voters carry blame, but not all of the blame.