One side benefit of high energy bills is that many people will now insulate their homes better.
They might install better windows and doors, caulk the holes and cracks, insulate the ceilings...
They also might plan ahead better on shopping. Instead of running to the grocery store five times a week, they may make a list and shop twice a week.
This would cut down on the gas bill and make the roads less crowded.
Yes, but, none of that benefits anyone in my family except possibly the tax revenues. Do you think I can get an electrician at a reasonable rate? No, they don't want the puny jobs; they want the expensive contract work that gets covered in the mortgage loan, but I'll work something out somehow. I do care about keeping people working, but few of them ever cared about me as a single mom and now as a retiree on fixed income. I always had to pay 3 or more times what I made to have things done. That is just my problem.
I will say one big kudos to a neighbor who is fixing my front stoop that fell apart for a pittance. I really appreciate that. Once that's done, it will free me up to tackle some other things.
One side benefit of high energy bills is that many people will now insulate their homes better.
Not if they can't do it themselves or afford to. The newer homes are better insulated in the walls. Mine had none, so when we did some drywalling in the front rooms years ago, we put it in then, but the rest of the house has none. But I'm not your average American when it comes to that.
They might install better windows and doors, caulk the holes and cracks, insulate the ceilings...
I have to pay to have all that sort of thing done. But I guess I pay anyway with higher energy bills. Most people think I should give up my home now. That's what I don't like about people. So long as it's not them, they don't care what happens to you. I'm not giving up my home until I'm forced to do it. I'll just struggle along with it as best I can. I think I can get somebody in the family to insulate the attic for me which would help.
That's what makes me kind of angry. I care about people and the economy as a whole, but nobody gives (I took a word out) about people like me. Just take a broom and sweep us away when we can't keep our homes up to standards other people decide for us.
I'll just keep paying my higher energy bills as long as I can. If they go much higher, there are going to be a LOT of people hurting worse than me, and they WILL scream about it, that I know.