Charlie Weston

There's very interesting research done by Trinity College recently showing that there's a green divide.

EVs, solar panels, heat pumps, they're concentrated in affluent areas.

So, you know, you get this east-west urban-rural divide where the clean tech stuff is bought in the well-off areas.

And I personally have a real problem with people getting grants to buy big four by four EVs, which are essentially just vanity purchases.

But that's the way it is.

So, yeah, there's a warmer home scheme which will fund you if you're low income.

That's right.

People don't know about it, Clare.

That's the problem.

Yeah, I think people can see it already.

You've had Dara O'Brien, the Minister for Energy, warning of price rises between 4% and 9%.

We saw last week prepay power, which had 240,000 customers, announcing a price rise in June.

That's the first during this current crisis.

We've had various warnings from various experts, including the head of the international cell.

Energy Agency warning that we're in an energy crisis that's worse since the 70s.

And, you know, so people can see that coming.

So what I'm hearing is a lot of people who maybe were putting this on their long finger.

They were talking about, they were thinking about solar panels, for example.

And this has just prompted them into action.

They've now decided, okay, like it could be a rough winter.