The Price Of Electricity.

 We have to give credence to our parents and grandparents.

When you are right, you are right! How often did we roll our eyes when we were reminded as children to please turn off the light? Going from one room into the next without a care in the world about who payed the electricity bills. It was just one of those annoying reminders our parents threw our way. In some cases more than others!

Bob told me about his dad telling his brother and him to;

                " Lights boys! Turn off the lights! "

Both of us jokingly revert to this phrase when and if we forget to switch off the lights. Before it was more of a way to save the planet but now, it turns out that it is a way to save money. Yes, electricity has become expensive.

Coming from South Africa, we were used to expensive electricity and often black outs, thus we were quite well versed in living with less electricity and often without. Not nice but doable. Living in Europe-until now-has been an electricity paradise. Cheap and always there. Until this winter. 

The costs have skyrocketed. From higher demand ( darn those smartphones, electrical devices and electrical cars ) and bottle necks in supply. Case in point the current geopolitical tensions brewing along the Russian border. The winter is still long and many households rely on electricity for their heating.

One would have never thought it nor given it credence but our grandparents were right. Saving for a rainy day was and is vital, making do with what one has essential and throwing things needlessly away a sin. The generation that was confronted with the effects of a world war, either during or the scarcity after, knew what they were talking about. 

Times are very precarious at the moment. Corona has and is reminding us that the good times aren't a given and that again, our parents and grandparents were spot on when they ( thankfully ) told us:

                        only buy what you can afford and save for that rainy day.

Biggi