Rising electric prices are beginning to financially kill many families, added to the perfect storm of skyrocketing inflation and rising interest rates, which orthodox economics says will cure inflation. Yep, so will a nuclear bomb; no inflation then.
But, seriously, even though I am a single decaying circus clown, it is getting pretty hard to survive now. So, I turned off the hot water system, did this at the power box. Then the electric stove. I have a small camp gas cooker, where I buy canisters from the hardware shop at half the price of the supermarkets. And best of all, I no longer shower, but sponge bath in cold water, even in the freezing cold of winter. Well, sometimes I cheat, and get a kettle of hot water boiled on the camp oven. I still have the fridge running, but have nightmares about it doing too many cycles and eating up too much sacred electricity. I am contemplating turning it off, cleaning it, and leaving the door slightly open to prevent mould. Thus, I will have only electricity for light, and to run this laptop, but I will go into my old university three times a week to use their power. The good news is that I have stopped drinking alcohol, and have lost about 30 kgs in weight, so that now I am merely morbidly obese.