This coming winter will be a miserable experience for some people.
Scare stories in newspapers and on television about a huge leap in electricity prices will result in some old people sitting in the dark and refraining from using their heaters.
There has been talk of a sixty percent price increase for electricity, but this will be phased in over three years. Unfortunately some people misunderstand and think this has happened now - and therefore they expect that the next power bill will be something they can not pay.
The problem is that electricity use is something that happens out of sight. Outside our house a meter is ticking remorselessly away and we have no idea of the final outcome - until the bill arrives.
Perhaps the time is approaching when technology will address this concern.
Just like pumping petrol at the local service station, it should be possible to devise a meter that shows the cost of power used to the present date - and allows households to adjust usage accordingly.
The present meters showing revolving wheels are meaningless to most people. It would be a far better approach if the electricity meter delivered an outcome measured in dollars and cents.
Surely that is not beyond human ingenuity !
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