torch batteries and candles any one,?

[alfred]

With recent  announcements that dual fuel prices will amount to £4200 from January 2023, could  people buy more candles or batteries to combat power cuts ,

Q; do you think candles and torch batteries will grow in sales, as the general public find a temporary gap to compensate for the loss of electric power cuts .

[Ashy]

Way too early to panic imho.

[klondike]

Led lighting costs next to nothing to run. The cheapest candles are likely to be about 50p each and would last maybe 8 hours of poor quality light. A 10w LED bulb is fairly bright and would run 100 hours on 1 kwH costing well less than 50p. Batteries are little better and maybe worse than candles. 

A rechargeable torch would be a reasonable investment in case the so far denied power cuts happen. Easiest, especially if it is cold and there is a power cut, is to go to bed.

[Ashy]

We could go out running, I'm told it's nice in the early hours of the morning.

[Alex]

4 o'clock start do you mean Ashy ?

[Ashy]

Yes, get it over with before the delivery men come.

[klondike]

What an excellent idea. I'm surprised nobody has set up such an early morning running club.

[klondike]

It seems that having a rechargeable torch or lantern may be a very good idea given there is now speculation that there will be planned power outages in January.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1652868/UK-power-cut-warning-blackouts-january-emergency-plan-fuel-shortfall-outages-latest

[Michael Rolls]

if you have a rechargeable torch or whatever - make sure you keep it charged!

[Ashy]

What an excellent idea. I'm surprised nobody has set up such an early morning running club.

What a brilliant idea, to make it a club, I had never thought of that. Now we need a catchy name to attract the punters.

What about "Early morning movement and keep warm club"?