Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
I would suggest that demonstrates that many people have yet to grasp what is actually going to happen when their electric and gas bills kick in. Which is to be expected because most of the middle income people haven't had to deal with financial hardship for years.
You may be right, I'm just reporting a moment in time. I still don't think the media are helping matters, if you google 'energy bill calculator' its dominated by newspapers and other news sites offering such, and the vast majority are so crude they aren't worth using - basically, input = your current energy bill, answer = 'you're ****ed!'.

So, you may be right. As I've written elsewhere, I've tried to help acouple of 'unenlightened' folk who are 'worried' (some very old, some very young), but I haven't spoken to anyone in employment who has tipped over from 'concerned' to 'worried' - but my 'bubble' includes a lot of 'professionals'/'professional tradesmen' and double income families and I guess those below that level will be hit much harder.