Electric and Gas Bills

[Doucas]

Just spoken to my friend who left the UK for Sweden. His electric and gas bill this month..£11.50, mine next month is around £160 and could increase even further in September.

We are such mugs in the UK but we get what we vote for.

[JamesWales]

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Not to question your friend, but this report from 2019 has the UK mid-ranking in europe and Sweden as the second most expensive, for electricity at least.

I think some countries have done better compensation schemes in recent months and gas bills may be radically different to gas bills in the UK, but it seems unlikely.

https://www.saveonenergy.com/uk/how-much-do-electricity-bills-cost-across-europe/

[JamesWales]

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edit:

This from 2021 does have the UK (and others) as significantly more expensive for electricity than Sweden.

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/electricity_prices/

But this has gas prices in Sweden as far higher..

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/natural_gas_prices/

[Organ Morgan.]

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Hot off the press.

Russia warns of $300 oil, threatens to cut off European gas if West bans energy imports

PUBLISHED TUE, MAR 8 20224:10 AM EST

“It is absolutely clear that a rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Monday in an address on state television.

“The surge in prices would be unpredictable. It would be $300 per barrel if not more.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/russia-warns-of-300-oil-if-ban-goes-ahead-threatens-to-cut-off-european-gas.html

[Organ Morgan.]

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In today's trading, the price of the benchmark WTI Crude Oil is up 8%, Heating Oil is plus 12%.

Can check live fluctuations here - https://oilprice.com/

[MOZZER2]

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Biden bans all imports of Russian oil and gas into the US.

oh lordy

[Wales-Bales]

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Biden bans all imports of Russian oil and gas into the US.

oh lordy

Putin sanctions his critics until 31-12-022

https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/75965/

[Wales-Bales]

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Russia-Ukraine war impacting supply chains for over 300,000 companies: Interos CEO

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/russia-ukraine-war-impacting-supply-153121835.html

[life on mars]

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Just spoken to my friend who left the UK for Sweden. His electric and gas bill this month..£11.50, mine next month is around £160 and could increase even further in September.

We are such mugs in the UK but we get what we vote for.

You saying we voted for price increases and this is nothing to do with an upside down world and its markets reaction , surely its not all the fault of the UK Government?

[life on mars]

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This seems to say something different in normal times .

https://www.saveonenergy.com/uk/how-much-do-electricity-bills-cost-across-europe/

[ToTaL ITK]

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Just spoken to my friend who left the UK for Sweden. His electric and gas bill this month..£11.50, mine next month is around £160 and could increase even further in September.

We are such mugs in the UK but we get what we vote for.

First up there's hardly any gas in sweden....my bills went from about 15 squid to 66... so i don't know where your mate is living but the prices here clearly went up

[ToTaL ITK]

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You saying we voted for price increases and this is nothing to do with an upside down world and its markets reaction , surely its not all the fault of the UK Government?

if you voted for brexit you wanted war in Ukraine...it's quite simple, Farage was saying it all along

[life on mars]

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if you voted for brexit you wanted war in Ukraine...it's quite simple, Farage was saying it all along

Obscure thought ??

Care to elaborate your theory ??

[Wales-Bales]

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Obscure thought ??

Care to elaborate your theory ??

Some people have lost the plot, information warfare does that sort of thing.

[the other bob wilson]

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You saying we voted for price increases and this is nothing to do with an upside down world and its markets reaction , surely its not all the fault of the UK Government?

No, it's certainly nor all of the fault of the UK Government, I admit that as someone who has no time whatsoever for Johnson or his party. By the same token, will those who make a point of blaming Labour for the 2008 World financial crisis admit that there were other factors at play which had an awful lot to do with what happened? The Conservative party of the time appeared to think that, because they backed the bulk of the measures Labour took in the months that followed.