Running trains and electricity costs?

[ezdays]

Hopefully, some of these increases will be overturned -- at least we can hope they will!

In any case, if these increases are still going through (even if they're lower than 16%), there must be some good ways to reduce energy consumption.

Rob, because everybody has cut back on their electrical consumption, the price of hydro had to rise in order to cover all those bloated salaries and that obscene pension for their last CEO. They're still making the power, but because everybody has cut back, they're running out of room in which to store the excess. The only way to bring the price back down is to use more power, so turn up the heat, crank up the air conditioner and, for some pleasant background noise while running trains, turn on the clothes dryer.

Wayne

That won't ever happen under any circumstances. When is the last time you saw a decrease in the price of a cup of coffee at your local restaurant? Every time the price of coffee increases, they increase their prices, when coffee prices drop in the stores (and distribution), they keep the price the same, seeing as how you have become use to the higher prices. The same goes for electricity, water and natural gas, with the fact that these people have the blessing of the corporation commission to back up their increases. Once an increase is approved and put in place, they're not going to drop for any reason, just like taxes. Around here, they built a nuclear power plant about 20 years ago. The day they opened, they added a couple of dollars to our monthly bill to cover the cost of dismantling it when the time comes. I'll lay you odds, when that happens, that charge will still be there. Around here, the electric company also runs ads on all our local TV stations several times a day, touting the use of energy efficient products. You know, of course, who pays for all those ads...

Yeah, we've worked hard for the little we were able to retire with so we plan on enjoying it while we can. We save where we can, but we're not setting anything aside for our kids to inherit. When the money runs out, we'll just lay down in the middle of the street and wait for someone to come pick us up. In the meantime, we don't worry about such things as how much power do we use with that extra refrigerator in the garage, or what does it cost to keep our house cool in the summer, and especially what does our fun hobbies cost us? We are careful and concerned, we just don't worry or go without.