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General Discussion Area / Re: SSE is raising prices because of......
« on: 10 October 2013, 22:35:46 »Living outside the Uk, I can actually see that Miliband has a powerful point.it was Mr Miliband's party that signed the legally- binding long-term emission target for 2050 which requires the UK to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels.
People in Spain are aghast that electric is going up 3.1% this month. UK price rises are astronomic. It would be interesting to see what price rises the French companies are able to inflict on their customers while inflicting 8% or whatever on their UK customers............
Of course you will have deja vu in years to come with Postal prices. Enjoy the share price increase now.
The subsidies paid to wind generation are massive.
The cost of buying wind generation off at periods of low demand is massive.
It's a private industry which is exposed to the global energy markets.
Japan became the worlds largest importer of gas virtually overnight as a consequence of the tsunami, causing a dramatic rise in wholesale gas prices.
The National Grid balance the mechanism, the cost is met by the suppliers and hence the consumers.
It's populist politics, a con, it's unworkable garbage.
Just to clarify,
I don't work for one of the big six
I don't think this government are any better, they have no energy policy either.
