This really isn’t the best time to be worrying about extremely high utility bills.
Everybody is feeling the same sense of uncertainty and financial unrest right now.
The economy isn’t looking great and a lot of industries are currently tanking thanks to this insane pandemic. As such, everyone is hanging on to their savings and worrying about their investments. It seems obvious that we are entering some kind of economic depression, and I really have no idea what’s going to happen next. That being said, this would be a great time to save some money wherever possible. Unfortunately, the world and global climate aren’t exactly cooperating with this idea. At the moment, most people are stuck at home doing remote work. This means, they aren’t able to power down their home appliances for the duration of a regular work day. Instead, folks are being asked to pay out the nose for the regular utilities while the entire family sits indoors. The outdoor air temperature has been fluctuating wildly for the past week or two. As such, we are being forced to operate not only our expensive central heating systems to increase the air temperature on a regular basis, but also to switch over to central AC on a bi-daily basis. One afternoon is hot and balmy, and the next afternoon is absolutely ice cold. We’ve been going back and forth between our heating and cooling programs for over a week, and I’m getting very concerned for the safety of our indoor air handling plan. The last thing we need right now is expensive energy bills or extremely costly emergency repair services. Emergency expenses are going to put people in hotter water than ever right now. I wish that the outdoor climate would level out so we could stop digging ourselves into a deeper hole.