Re:War and subsidies have turbocharged the green transition
by ben_w on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @07:24AM
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Regarding supermarket prices, I've done the same calculations and even made a game of it when I was at university[0].
Per calorie you can do similar with value brand digestives.
However, so far as I can see in the reporting, many people in the UK really are that short of money — It's not just not being able to budget right (dyscalculia is a thing, but not common enough to explain current observations by itself).
I also think that, just as pubs are required to supply free water on request[1], they should also supply free unflavoured lentils-and-rice on request, given how cheap it is.
> If you can only send your kid to school with 1 slice of bread, you have other problems than money.
They do indeed have other problems than money — money is also a problem, just not the only one.
I was going to add that a significant number can't even manage as much as one slice of bread, however all the news I can find specifically about schoolkids skipping specifically breakfast (and not the generic mass hunger I previously gave examples of) turned out to be reporting the same two studies by two different foods companies so I don't trust that factoid.
[0] 20 years ago: breakfast was Quaker oats with skimmed UHT, sugar, and whichever dried sultanas or raisins was cheaper; skipped lunch; dinner was Chinese instant noodles from Lidl at 13p per pack; total daily was about 50p
[1] I'm told the law is more complicated, but in practice this is observed
Per calorie you can do similar with value brand digestives.
However, so far as I can see in the reporting, many people in the UK really are that short of money — It's not just not being able to budget right (dyscalculia is a thing, but not common enough to explain current observations by itself).
I also think that, just as pubs are required to supply free water on request[1], they should also supply free unflavoured lentils-and-rice on request, given how cheap it is.
> If you can only send your kid to school with 1 slice of bread, you have other problems than money.
They do indeed have other problems than money — money is also a problem, just not the only one.
I was going to add that a significant number can't even manage as much as one slice of bread, however all the news I can find specifically about schoolkids skipping specifically breakfast (and not the generic mass hunger I previously gave examples of) turned out to be reporting the same two studies by two different foods companies so I don't trust that factoid.
[0] 20 years ago: breakfast was Quaker oats with skimmed UHT, sugar, and whichever dried sultanas or raisins was cheaper; skipped lunch; dinner was Chinese instant noodles from Lidl at 13p per pack; total daily was about 50p
[1] I'm told the law is more complicated, but in practice this is observed