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Current Events and Musings => Political Forum => Topic started by: WhiskeyGirl on October 13, 2009, 11:54:50 AM



Title: "The Government must come clean over our future energy bills" 60% increase?
Post by: WhiskeyGirl on October 13, 2009, 11:54:50 AM
I wonder if this is the future of the US?

"The Government must come clean over our future energy bills"

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So there could be a 60pc rise in energy bills by 2015 in the worst case scenario, according to Ofgem, the energy regulator.

In the best (and some might say unlikely) case – in which there’s a speedy economic recovery and massive reduction of energy consumption – bills will still go up by 14pc.

I know energy bills are going to rise heftily and, if you’ve been reading the newspapers, so do you. But if you’ve been faithfully following the forecasts of Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, you’ll be budgeting for just an 8pc increase over the next decade.

"The Government’s predictions are beginning to look delusional..."

read more here - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rowenamason/100001337/the-government-must-come-clean-over-our-future-energy-bills/# (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rowenamason/100001337/the-government-must-come-clean-over-our-future-energy-bills/#)

Sorry kids...we can't afford to keep the electric on more than 2-3 hours a day...

Don't worry, the next ten generations will be so in debt, there will be war, famine, and more Obama debt.  No jobs for you America, no prosperity, no opportunity - just mountains of Obama debt.