Power loss?

So it's becoming more apparent in the news of late that the UK may soon be put in a position of power troubles. Not enough has been done to ensure we have power for a growing energy market and as a result, the whole country will be put on alert for blackouts.

Some news agencies warn that it will be beinning during 2015/2016, some say it could be at some point during 2014, as a cold winter set's in and people turn on their heating to try and stay warm.

But what to do if this does actually happen to us? Is it going to be a good thing? How soon will the problems be solved?

These are all very valid question's and yet, have no solid answers. To me, this could be a very good thing to happen to us in the respect that during this time we will all have to look at our energy useage, way's we can save energy, invest in our own renewable energy proects and of course, during blackout's,you can't use energy, so cheaper bill's when they come in!

It would of course be a bad thing. The death rate would be one thing to go up, because people would be unable to warm their home's and unable to stay warm, could well freeze to death. People wouldn't be able to cook their own food, and could well starve to death too. This could make people look at alternative ways to stay warm or have some electric and if people are desperate enough, they could well do some very stupid things, such as the woman who storred petrol in her house, well, kitchen to be exact... and managed to ignite it all.

But what can we do ourselves during a blackout?

Now, before any of this starts, it is time to look into our own energy useage. Asking yourself do we really need to put the heating on, or would an extra jumper just do the job? We need to investin solar item's, like, solar phone chargers, which have recently become more available to the public. Torches, candles etc, these will help to have in during blackouts as you can ensure light will be available when its needed.

Blackout's aren't predictable usually, so you've never a good idea of how long you'd be without a form of fuel, so, if it was the electric that went off, for all of us, it means no lighting at night, for some it means no way to cook food and for a few of us, like myself, it means no heating too (where i live is a 1 fuel property). During the time of a blackout it's important to stay warm, layers upon layers of clothing will be needed if it's during a cold spell of weather. Item's like face/body wipes will be very hardy to have, after all, you'll not have hot water for long, if at all!

Alot of this you may notice is to do with preperation and it's something that i've been working at over the past few months and of course will keep doing into the future. While most of us in the country now use energy saving bulbs in our lighting, did you know theres something else that uses even less power? LED lighting! Yes, it uses alot less in some cases. But knowing thing's like this, can help us to keep our energy supply going for as long as possible.

Of course finally, we will all need a figure to blame. Do we blame the government's which have taken their eyes off the ball? Do we blame the energy firm's who have been too busy trying to pocket their profits, rather than trying to ensure that we all have an energy supply in the future?

Who do we blame?

The truth us, we need to blame ourselves.

For too long now people haven't been doing what they can to save power. While some of you reading this may well be offended, in your heated home, ask yourself, do you really need the heating on? Could extra layers of clothes do the job just as well? I mean, take for example the fact that people we're so slow to buy energy saving bulbs, the government had to ban the production of none energy-saving bulbs.

We still have time to preserve the bit of energy we have left, are you doing your bit?