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"Gas Armageddon": Energy/electricity prices in EU/UK (and how to deal with them)

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james_s:

--- Quote from: BravoV on August 30, 2022, 05:30:48 am ---Yep, clearly that is the evil and nasty Russia propaganda, as I see you carry US flag, you should be aware that even an US former congresswoman and also an US president candidate, also she is an US military colonel and heck, even one of the most popular news host in US, Tucker Carlson too, all are bashing Ukraine like hell ... clearly they are moles and evil Putin's mouth piece.

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I wouldn't put too much stock in what Tucker Carlson says, he's a bit of a "shock jock", a mix of facts and opinions, with a dose of sensationalism to rile up the masses. Not that he's alone in that, in fact I don't know that there is a mainstream news outlet that doesn't have a pretty significant political bias to one side or the other these days.

Vovk_Z:

--- Quote ---This may sound weird, but Russia do not suffer from sanctions related to energy sources. Yes they sell less of gas and oil to EU, but due to price increases they profit from energy sales as never before. So we are suffering for nothing  :palm:.

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No, you are not. These ultra-high prices are temporaly, it's just a transient, and prices will definitely go down at the moment when all this panic go down. So we just have to withstand some time.

madires:

--- Quote from: Vovk_Z on August 30, 2022, 07:33:11 pm ---These ultra-high prices are temporaly, it's just a transient, and prices will definitely go down at the moment when all this panic go down. So we just have to withstand some time.

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I fully agree. Remember the shortage of toilet paper at the beginning of COVID19? Now it's gas and fuel oil. People over here are in a fuel oil buying frenzy right now.

tom66:
Let's not forget that when the regulators or media or whatever forecast the cost they always base it on consumption staying the same - which if you think about it is insane!

If it does get really expensive, I will turn the thermostat down, I will better insulate my home (because suddenly £1,000 on insulation panels pays off very quickly), I will dry clothes outside in summer instead of drying on off-peak electricity at night (and I'll get a heat-pump dryer instead of a standard condenser) and I will look to get solar, etc.

I reckon I could cut my gas usage in half and my electricity down by 10% (without solar) or 50% (with solar).

Now I appreciate many could not afford large capital outlays but there will still be a demand cut, they will use electric blankets, or heat only one room, that kind of thing.

RoGeorge:
The toilet paper shortage was panic buy.  Anyways, that's not an essential product, one can use a bidet instead.
Oil and gas shortages are real.  And these are essential products, without energy anything comes to a stop.

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