We could have been spamming solar and wind all over the place for the last year using required emergency war powers. How many hectares of grouse moor do we have

We could have been spamming solar and wind all over the place for the last year using required emergency war powers. How many hectares of grouse moor do we have? How many litres of gas have we burnt this summer when we could have been using solar for free instead? Instead we've been prattling about waiting for a few old people to decide who will be the next PM, both of whom have promised not to expand renewable elecricity production, and thus to increase gas usage. Your proposal of marginal rates relies on people understanding what a kWh is and being able to measure it themselves. Only about half of houses have smart meters, and when people get a £3k bill at the end of the month they will simply not pay it, which will mean mass moving of people onto pay as you go (push of a button to do that with smart meters). Better to charge the £2/kWh but give every meter a £3000 lump sum (or £300 a month or whatever). That said, I'm on a fix at 20p until October 2023, and I'm on oil heating which is currently about 90p/litre or 9p/kWh. Was about to go for a heat pump (literally the only reason I didn't do it was because the company that quoted it couldn't be bothered to phone me back last week), but instead I've just paid what seems a ridiciulous price for oil (90p/litre) and will use the capital to fund (or part-fund) solar+storage.