It’s a flat calm outside at the moment.

There’s a grand wind brewing out in the Atlantic though which will hit tomorrow. They haven’t named it yet but then they are somewhat preoccupied with yesterday’s breeze. As the time of scribbling there are still nearly half a million homes and businesses without power after yesterday and tomorrow’s wind isn’t going to help matters.

We lost power here at the Manor at four in the morning yesterday. It came back at around six yesterday evening. We were grand. I had everything in place and the camping stove earned its keep. The oil lamps stood the test as did the candles. We also had a grand fire in the living room.

But that brings me to my point….

We were fine because of the oil lamps, the camping stove and the open fire in the hearth. But they want to phase out kerosene and bottled gas while open fires are distinctly BAD. They want us to rely 100% on electricity and I would love to hear the opinion on that point from the half million who are currently powerless. In the future we are supposed to rely on electricity to heat, light and cook. Don’t forget that transport also is to rely on electricity so once your car battery runs down your lovely new electric vehicle becomes just a jump of useless metal cluttering up your driveway. No electricity therefore means no lighting, no heating, no cooking and no car, and from current news, that can last for over a week before power is restored.

Maybe the hope is that once Nirvana is reached and the “climate crisis” has been sorted that we will have no more storms and no more power cuts? The weather will become calm and sunny every day, except of course for a gentle breeze wherever there is a wind-farm. The sun will shine brightly on our solar panels and we’ll all be grand.

Right!