The Cost of Living Crisis in the UK is real and its not just a UK problem with the prices of daily essentials like food, fuel and consumer goods skyrocketing around the globe, check out a few of my articles that look at various issues in and around the cost of living crises both here and abroad and how you can possible address some of those issues.
In a groundbreaking initiative, the Belgian city of Antwerp is tackling food waste by offering free chickens to its residents. This innovative program not only helps reduce household waste but also provides a sustainable source of protein through fresh eggs. With over 1,000 participants already on board, the scheme has
So Octopus Energy have revised their Octopus Cosy tariff from the 5th of July 2024 and it going to be a game changer for those of you that are using solar panels and home battery storage systems, especially the latter. No Octopus Cosy is supposed to be a tariff reserved
There is a lot of false information going around at the moment, and most of it coming from the likes of MP Mel Stride, claiming on television that Personal Independence Payments (PIP) comes to thousands of pounds a month, this is absolute rubbish, the maximum anyone can claim on PIP
Its six months now since I had my solar panes, inverter and battery storage system installed, and i wanted to let you know how we are getting on. Firstly i best put you in the picture of the system we installed, we have 14 450w black solar panels, which are
High interest rates, crippling mortgages, high food prices and even higher energy prices, strikes ongoing for the last year, including Doctors and Rail Workers, goods held up on the borders for weeks on end, immigration up, and a chancellor and PM that lie through their teeth, and the country has
If your new to Solar PV etc then you will probably also be confused by the myriad of conflicting information, tariffs, panel arrays, inverters, chargers, batteries and that before we get to the various tariffs and feed-in’s etc. Well here are a couple of simple ways you can utilise the
There really is no excuses for not going green anymore, screw what the government are saying they are only interested in profit, if you want to your kids to have a planet to live on, then you / we need to be doing something about it NOW! I was lucky
So In the last 12 months we have seen even more tory tax increases on middle and lower income families, via their so called national insurance tax cut, but then again freezing the thresholds for income tax dragging more and more people into either at the low end of the
The latest Tory Green policies, which include a go-ahead for fracking, more North Sea oil and gas exploration, a general thumbs up to more fossil fuels being burnt in the UK. With a whole raft of new Oil and Gas fired power stations being built to bridge the gap whist
If you want to reduce your household waste, and save yourself some money on eggs (with 6 free range eggs now running at £2.50) then take a look at keeping chickens at home in your garden. You don’t need a lot of space to keep a few chickens at home,
In 2024, many claim that crypto mining is dead, but I’m here to share why I’m still mining with GPUs. As a hobbyist, I mine Ravencoin and convert it to Bitcoin and Ethereum, but my motivations go beyond profit. With my workshop powered by solar energy, my GPU miner doubles
Exciting developments are underway at the Derril Water Solar Farm, where small investors like you and me are making a real impact in green energy! After 18 months of anticipation, solar panels are finally being fitted, and connections are being made to bring renewable energy to life. Plus, the project
In a groundbreaking initiative, the Belgian city of Antwerp is tackling food waste by offering free chickens to its residents. This innovative program not only helps reduce household waste but also provides a sustainable source of protein through fresh eggs. With over 1,000 participants already on board, the scheme has