Great. Why not. Just take everything from us, let us all be destitute and miserable. What a life here.
The-Furry-Circle on
I mentioned this the other day in another thread, but heating oil (kerosene) has jumped from £600 for 1000litres last week to £1274 as of this post. Obviously, supplies aren’t disrupted this much yet so there’s some opportunistic profiteering going on by the looks of it.
Particular_Tough4860 on
Oh no, not this again. The endless competition to predict the highest energy bills.
Just as we got told bills were coming down, Trump does Trump things.
The endless cycle this 21st century of taking one step forwards and two steps back.
ArcticAmoeba56 on
Only because energy companies will insist on retaining theie huge profit margins, and pass anyband all increased costs to the end consumer.
klepto_entropoid on
War is good for business. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Israels wars will never end.
apuddleofwaterx on
Why? Isn’t our energy mostly green and nuclear now?
Cielo11 on
The media are shitting on Starmer this morning for not being “war ready”.
I’m glad we’re not fuckin war ready. This shouldn’t be happening. This action will do nothing but further destabilize the world politically and financially.
I want Starmer to tell Trump he’s a knob end and to fully investigate his crimes in the unredacted Epstein files.
joeythemouse on
Thanks Donny. We’ll all forget about the child rape now.
buffetite on
I was on a gas tracker with no price cap. I’ve just fixed for 12 months because I don’t want to run the risk of crazy prices.
Not sure with electric is going to do though. I’m on IOG.
luckystar2591 on
I had this argument with another redditor just a few days ago.
Them: No energy prices are going to be low forever now because it was the green subsidies fault
Me: No, because the price of energy is slaved to the price of gas, even though most of our supply is renewable they’ll still find an excuse to put it up.
Them: you don’t know how it works!
I thought I’d have to wait until September to be proved right..but alas the oil lobby worked quicker on Trump this time.
TheMysteriousGirl on
“Could” or “Should”.
Can these “think tanks” start pressuring the government to impose more severe caps on energy profiteering instead of fear monging price increases so these energy companies can get a bigger profit than last year?
We all know think tanks are often paid for by companies to set the mentality for something. Do something. This is a joke.
Say10sadvocate on
But I thought he secured (stole) Venezuela’s oil before destabilizing the middle east?
Vivid--Syrup on
I was under the impression most of our electricity needs were being met by green energy?
So bills are going up because the corps feel they can get away with it, and labour will probably let them so they are right.
Wonderful. I can’t wait for the greens to get in and nationalise these arseholes businesses and hopefully jail everyone involved in swindling us all.
MarcusSuperbuz on
Well given the Yanks and the Israelis started this shit, *they* can pick up the bill.
PlanUnhappy on
Trump is wrong on almost everything, but he does have a point on UK’s energy policy.
It is bonkers we overpay another country for energy that comes from the North Sea reserves because we refuse to extract from the North Sea, all to protect the environment.
Meanwhile, India, China, US etc al. pollute with no care in the world.
MCMLIXXIX on
I wish I was privileged enough to not feel the dumb shit privileged people do to non privileged people
aegroti on
As soon as I heard the US hit Iran I rushed to get a fixed tariff.
Common-Ad6470 on
Send the bill to Trump courtesy of the White House.
BizzarePlatypus on
This is one of many reasons we need to utilise renewables more. Renewable energy is simply more secure than fossil fuels.
Unsure about where our supply of nuclear comes from so can’t comment on that side.
MK2809 on
My tin foil conspiracy mind now thinks these conflicts are all just a way to extract more money out of everyday people. As soon as prices start to drop or stabilise, let’s start something to make them to rise again, and then rinse and repeat.
I was also informed that the Peace President had already ended this conflict, ended must have been used in a loose way.
Primary-Effect-3691 on
Remember this when Reform want to stop building wind power and The Greens want to shut down the nuclear power plants
boothjop on
People that want to walk back from our green commitments don’t see that renewable energy such as solar is designed to mitigate this dependency on oil and the volatility that comes with it.
WellMax81 on
The headline should read “UK Energy Companies poised for record profits over Iran-US war”
I hate this place.
CaptainHindsight92 on
Food prices too. Food like everything else needs transportation so it will rise because of that alone but in addition 33% of the global supply of fertiliser passed through the straight.
No-Dance1377 on
Warmongering bandwagon jumpers like Badenoch and Lord Haw Haw don’t need to worry about their energy bills though do they ?
order-of-magnitude-1 on
This will likely help Putin as his export prices will increase.
RandyChavage on
Release the Epstein files and get this terrorist out of the White House
TurboBoxMuncher on
Quick to raise, slow to fall.
So slow in fact, we only just got news last week that they’re coming down from the Russian invasion four years ago.
Again these costs wouldn’t be a problem if salaries had kept with inflation but we’ve been robbed by the parasite class for decades.
Environmental-Bid-62 on
I’m so sick of war, dread, money worries, child abuse, controversy, environmental degradation. When will these rich abusers leave this planet. No wonder depression is at an all time high and birth rates are low.
Jimlaheydrunktank on
We’re all at breaking point. I think it’s time for a revolution
MysticSmeg on
Covid – prices up, Ukraine invasion – prices up, Orange twat- prices up. Problem is they’ll probably not come down again after.
Jaraxo on
This is why Martin Lewis tweeted yesterday to lock in now if you can.
AshoKaN_ on
Renewables are the only solution we cannot rely on iranian, gulf, US or Russian oil. Can we not simply enforce an export ban on UKs own natural gas just temporarily?
ImTalkingGibberish on
Fucks sake, I haven’t had a pay rise in 5 years and the job market isn’t great since we left the EU.
Then we got a 30%+ inflation (being optimistic) on the same 2020 wages.
I’m fed up with this shit. Providers didn’t invest in the future to pay their shareholders who are absolutely filthy rich already. The whole fucking economy is a scam right now, geared to pay the top .1%.
Ploobul on
honestly i’ve given up expecting things to ever get better
King_Six_of_Things on
Which “think tank”? Who are their backers and funders? What expertise are they drawing on to make this claim? What evidence?
Me and my mates talk politics sometimes, can we be a “think tank” save get national media coverage?
RegretEasy8846 on
Lets be honest, someone farts and they increase the cost of living, UK is very much in the ‘opportunity in disaster’ stage since the start of COVID. Only 6 years of this shit so far.
mycarefu on
It’s exhausting how every bit of good news on bills gets immediately undone by global instability. The last thing we need is more saber-rattling that just makes life harder for ordinary people. I’d much rather see our leaders focused on de-escalation than trying to look “tough.
New-Value4194 on
Why am I paying for the actions of an orange angry old shit stain ?
AvinItLarge123 on
Let’s be honest, although I’m sure this war will increase costs, it’s a very convenient excuse to raise prices for an industry that would raise prices hourly if it could
_a_m_s_m on
Maybe energy prices could have been lower if we had adequate planning regulations instead of any local busy body objecting to new pylons anywhere near them.
Ill-Appointment6494 on
Let the people who don’t want a nuclear power plant near them foot the bill.
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Great. Why not. Just take everything from us, let us all be destitute and miserable. What a life here.
I mentioned this the other day in another thread, but heating oil (kerosene) has jumped from £600 for 1000litres last week to £1274 as of this post. Obviously, supplies aren’t disrupted this much yet so there’s some opportunistic profiteering going on by the looks of it.
Oh no, not this again. The endless competition to predict the highest energy bills.
Remember when the predictions were pushing [£4500](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/09/uk-energy-bills-forecast-to-hit-4266-from-january)?
Just as we got told bills were coming down, Trump does Trump things.
The endless cycle this 21st century of taking one step forwards and two steps back.
Only because energy companies will insist on retaining theie huge profit margins, and pass anyband all increased costs to the end consumer.
War is good for business. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Israels wars will never end.
Why? Isn’t our energy mostly green and nuclear now?
The media are shitting on Starmer this morning for not being “war ready”.
I’m glad we’re not fuckin war ready. This shouldn’t be happening. This action will do nothing but further destabilize the world politically and financially.
I want Starmer to tell Trump he’s a knob end and to fully investigate his crimes in the unredacted Epstein files.
Thanks Donny. We’ll all forget about the child rape now.
I was on a gas tracker with no price cap. I’ve just fixed for 12 months because I don’t want to run the risk of crazy prices.
Not sure with electric is going to do though. I’m on IOG.
I had this argument with another redditor just a few days ago.
Them: No energy prices are going to be low forever now because it was the green subsidies fault
Me: No, because the price of energy is slaved to the price of gas, even though most of our supply is renewable they’ll still find an excuse to put it up.
Them: you don’t know how it works!
I thought I’d have to wait until September to be proved right..but alas the oil lobby worked quicker on Trump this time.
“Could” or “Should”.
Can these “think tanks” start pressuring the government to impose more severe caps on energy profiteering instead of fear monging price increases so these energy companies can get a bigger profit than last year?
We all know think tanks are often paid for by companies to set the mentality for something. Do something. This is a joke.
But I thought he secured (stole) Venezuela’s oil before destabilizing the middle east?
I was under the impression most of our electricity needs were being met by green energy?
So bills are going up because the corps feel they can get away with it, and labour will probably let them so they are right.
Wonderful. I can’t wait for the greens to get in and nationalise these arseholes businesses and hopefully jail everyone involved in swindling us all.
Well given the Yanks and the Israelis started this shit, *they* can pick up the bill.
Trump is wrong on almost everything, but he does have a point on UK’s energy policy.
It is bonkers we overpay another country for energy that comes from the North Sea reserves because we refuse to extract from the North Sea, all to protect the environment.
Meanwhile, India, China, US etc al. pollute with no care in the world.
I wish I was privileged enough to not feel the dumb shit privileged people do to non privileged people
As soon as I heard the US hit Iran I rushed to get a fixed tariff.
Send the bill to Trump courtesy of the White House.
This is one of many reasons we need to utilise renewables more. Renewable energy is simply more secure than fossil fuels.
Unsure about where our supply of nuclear comes from so can’t comment on that side.
My tin foil conspiracy mind now thinks these conflicts are all just a way to extract more money out of everyday people. As soon as prices start to drop or stabilise, let’s start something to make them to rise again, and then rinse and repeat.
I was also informed that the Peace President had already ended this conflict, ended must have been used in a loose way.
Remember this when Reform want to stop building wind power and The Greens want to shut down the nuclear power plants
People that want to walk back from our green commitments don’t see that renewable energy such as solar is designed to mitigate this dependency on oil and the volatility that comes with it.
The headline should read “UK Energy Companies poised for record profits over Iran-US war”
I hate this place.
Food prices too. Food like everything else needs transportation so it will rise because of that alone but in addition 33% of the global supply of fertiliser passed through the straight.
Warmongering bandwagon jumpers like Badenoch and Lord Haw Haw don’t need to worry about their energy bills though do they ?
This will likely help Putin as his export prices will increase.
Release the Epstein files and get this terrorist out of the White House
Quick to raise, slow to fall.
So slow in fact, we only just got news last week that they’re coming down from the Russian invasion four years ago.
Again these costs wouldn’t be a problem if salaries had kept with inflation but we’ve been robbed by the parasite class for decades.
I’m so sick of war, dread, money worries, child abuse, controversy, environmental degradation. When will these rich abusers leave this planet. No wonder depression is at an all time high and birth rates are low.
We’re all at breaking point. I think it’s time for a revolution
Covid – prices up, Ukraine invasion – prices up, Orange twat- prices up. Problem is they’ll probably not come down again after.
This is why Martin Lewis tweeted yesterday to lock in now if you can.
Renewables are the only solution we cannot rely on iranian, gulf, US or Russian oil. Can we not simply enforce an export ban on UKs own natural gas just temporarily?
Fucks sake, I haven’t had a pay rise in 5 years and the job market isn’t great since we left the EU.
Then we got a 30%+ inflation (being optimistic) on the same 2020 wages.
I’m fed up with this shit. Providers didn’t invest in the future to pay their shareholders who are absolutely filthy rich already. The whole fucking economy is a scam right now, geared to pay the top .1%.
honestly i’ve given up expecting things to ever get better
Which “think tank”? Who are their backers and funders? What expertise are they drawing on to make this claim? What evidence?
Me and my mates talk politics sometimes, can we be a “think tank” save get national media coverage?
Lets be honest, someone farts and they increase the cost of living, UK is very much in the ‘opportunity in disaster’ stage since the start of COVID. Only 6 years of this shit so far.
It’s exhausting how every bit of good news on bills gets immediately undone by global instability. The last thing we need is more saber-rattling that just makes life harder for ordinary people. I’d much rather see our leaders focused on de-escalation than trying to look “tough.
Why am I paying for the actions of an orange angry old shit stain ?
Let’s be honest, although I’m sure this war will increase costs, it’s a very convenient excuse to raise prices for an industry that would raise prices hourly if it could
Maybe energy prices could have been lower if we had adequate planning regulations instead of any local busy body objecting to new pylons anywhere near them.
Let the people who don’t want a nuclear power plant near them foot the bill.