Pensioners Ride Bus All Day to Keep Warm After Unable to Pay Sharply Soaring Electricity
LONDON, KOMPAS.COM – A pensioner was forced to take a bus all the time because he couldnt pay for electricity to heat his house, while the cold air is still felt in the UK while energy prices continue surged as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Good Morning Britain is the first to reveal the story of a pensioner named Elsie, whose energy costs in her condo have been increased from 17 pounds (Rp 306,651) to 85 pounds (Rp 1.5 million) per month.
To be able to use the bus-free access ticket (liberty card) facilities from the government, Elsie was forced to leave the house more beginning.
That way, he could stay on the bus all day and Avoid using energy at home.
Not only did she have to reduce the burden of energy use, Elsie lost weight, after reducing the cost of eating by eating only one times a day.
To save even more, the old lady only shopped in the afternoon when cheaper yellow sticker stuff goes on sale.
For young homeless people in the British capital take the night bus with the long but inexpensive route has long been the informal way to make sure they have a place to sleep, at least for a few hours every day.
But the British public transport system is not as popular as facilities offering mobile living room services for retired.
Elsies story, which was reviewed by Guardian , to Daily Mail , has now become a powerful symbol of the UKs cost of living crisis.
The 77 year old woman was forced to find the cheapest way to stay warm, that is, by turning off the heater, leaving the house and going up bus all day using his pension free card.
LOTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
