POWER STRUGGLE
As it turns out, we’ve been burning quite a lot of gas to make electricity. About 29% of our gas is used for generating it here in the UK. Also, 3% of all the gas we consume here comes from Russia, and since Russia invaded Ukraine that supply line’s been compromised. That happened during a period of soaring wholesale costs for energy sources created by sudden post-pandemic demand, and as a result it now costs about £10,000 to boil a kettle.
We just have to laugh, otherwise we’d cry. The cost of living crisis is real, and let’s not be so flippant as to suggest that running a gaming PC is among the
