Lol I don't think I would have got lucky without being an idiot, this is the dilemma I wrestle with everyday
Probably, but call me crazy, even though I have no electricity for 2 days I still kinda like it here, stockholm syndrome of note! but yeah riding the low cost of living here till it doesn't feel worth it anymore or I can really set myself up without skimping on cost in another country and i'll bolt!
You’re gonna have to explain how you like it there dealing with 48 hour blackouts because I certainly don’t get it.
My life requires energy. It’s not negotiable at this point.
How do you deal with it?
Lol by no means like it, we just roll with it!
They're not normally this long, 2-6 hours are the norm, so solar for the hot water, UPS for the WiFi and electronics, gas for cooking or just make a fire!
this year has been good though, only had like 3 major outages! But prices have skyrocketted thats for sure! But still way cheaper than first world! When i look at the cost of living in other countries and the taxes, I die inside, maybe the math I am doing doesn't reflect the standard of living upgrade, you dont know what you don't know, but man am I a cheap bastard
Getting used to it might be even worse than dealing with it.
I get that you have to, but I hadn’t considered that all the rich Boomers will probably do that here when outages become the norm and then shame everyone else for not doing so to save “mother earth” like they are, until you wrote this.
Victoria has banned new gas connections so new homes will be shit out of luck on that front..
Last quarter our electricity bill was $1100 dollarydoos and gas (for hot water and cooking) was $200 - how does that compare to you?
Geezus! My electricity bill is $56 per month, thanks to the solar, normal households spend about $200-220 per month, water and rates are around $83, gas I pay $20 for a 9kg tank for cooking and that can last me like 6 months! Then armed response security for the house is about $19 per month, internet is $33 for a 40MB line
Petrol I spend about $80-90 per month for the car hence why I think despite everything i'm getting a good deal!
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