Gandalph Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Scottish Power now belongs to a Spanish Group of Companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Scottish Power now belongs to a Spanish Group of Companies. ... and EDF is owned by the French!I'm with EDF energy by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 But not everything is owned by foreign countries. We still own the British national debt. And, what is more, due to prudent management, it is, like the profit of the foreign companies that own our industries and businesses, growing.magnificently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 :lol: :lol: :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I'm with EDf too , my leccky bill just went up 17% this morning , gas has gone up over 20% ...hmmmm (2007 operating profit € 5.628 bn on turnover of €59.64bn )break out the candles this winter methinks ...both heat and light they need £12bn to buy out UK's nuclear power , of which Gordon gets a cut of £4bn..... looks like its a done deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I thought I heard on the news today that gas and leccy are to go up by 22% next month :0 Where are those candles? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 EDF gas went up 22% today ...other suppliers to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 they need £12bn to buy out UK's nuclear power , of which Gordon gets a cut of £4bn..... looks like its a done dealSo that's why EDF energy need to raise it's prices Gordon Brown could do with the £4 billion 'cut' to help fill his black hole EDF gas went up 22% today ...other suppliers to followI'm also with EDF energy and was thinking of looking for a cheaper deal but I wonder if there's any point as the other energy companies are bound to follow suit and raise their prices as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 p.s. anyone think it's wrong that gas and electricity prices are linked to the price of oil when oil has nothing to do with gas or electricity production?It sounds like an excuse to keep energy prices artificially high to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 British GAs are after yer ass ....bills up 35% ..and leccy up 9% ...with immediate effect ......to heat or to eat ..this winter ....more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 heh .... my AC unit is arriving on Sat ....... think I may need one for my wallet too ...Still ...........wont use it very often ,,methinks ...just for sweaty nads night's where an 18" turbo oscillator just doesn't cut it anymore .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 British GAs are after yer ass ....bills up 35% ..and leccy up 9% ...with immediate effect ......to heat or to eat ..this winter ....more to comeIt's supposed to come into effect next year for 'vulnerable' people but who are they ? :0Don't all shout at once! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 gordon brown----------------------------------------------------------------------------edit my chin hit the floor this morning .... I had a letter from my solicitor this morning as he had finally closed my case for the purchase of my flat (I completed back in march ) uuuh?please find enclosed a cheque for £169....... as my deposit ,paid back in last November more than sufficiently covered the work he had actually done ..... heh ...nice , when its unexpected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 gordon brownI think Gordon Bennett! would be more appropriate :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I have just seen one of Gay Gorden's Merry Men on telly telling us how they were going to be supportive and give us old farts another £50 to cover increased winter fuel cost How they were going to "introduce more modern technologies" and all that sort of tired and worn out clap trap that they have paddled for the last few years.What he never mentioned was an investigation into why the energy companies have been making higher and higher profits as oil prices have risen. I suspect that if the price continues to rise as it is doing they will make all the profit they want from about six customers. There is no doubt people have cut back, consequently there is no doubt that the power people are selling less power.But their profits are rising. Recent company profit reports confirm this ....and inspite of all this "we are going to introduce more modern technologies" presumably so that we can use even less power and the foreign owned companies can continue to take vast amounts of Olde Englyshe Poundes to their off shore bank accounts. Of course Gay Gordon and his Merry Men will no doubt get an "appreciation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 interestingly BG have stated that they are currently operating on a 2% margin , that's real borderline , and profits are down nearly 70% to £166m ...... Centrica who supply BG estimate there's another 30% hike working its way through the system before the end of the year.....hey cats ..if you think that the governments heating bonus is going to keep pace.... think again ..... If a few extra coffin dodgers die of hypothermia this winter , thats a bit less money being paid out of the national pension pot ....Plus the NHS will save over a reduced number of bed blockers, as the dodgers are a large portion of this ... ...we are getting closer and closer to soylent green ..innit , when tha' broon talks about his green policy , I'm pretty sure its not your carbon footprint hes concerned about , its to your calorific value hes more interested in .!...there is a food shortage in the third world yah know ....poverty in africa /child poverty/poverty in our time ..yaddah yaddhah .......... think of the export revenue , bet tha' broon has ....! hes getting on with the job ...! his job ...your job there's tasty isn't it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 our job, your job ...hes the man for the job ....the job ...getting on with the job ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 hey cats ..if you think that the governments heating bonus is going to keep pace.... think again ..... II have no expectation of anything, Tamkus.. My philosophy has always been that there is no one who has more interest in my welfare than I have, and there is no one, other than me, that has the responsibility for it.What makes me wild is "the system" where the state claims it knows best and removes from me the means with which I could make provision for myself and then spends it on things which are of use only to keep the ruling party in power. The "promised" £50 is about as much use as a fart in a bottle as far as I am concerned. I hate to think what our LPG gas is going to cost us this next winter. I am seriously thinking about sinking a heat exchanger in the back garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 "I want my mummy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 "I want my mummy"So do I Gordon! she was great at managing on a pittance and was a mean knitter of woolly hats and bed-socks to boot! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 British Gas explained that without an increase they would only make 2% profit. This means then that they consider another 35% on top of that to be reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 The trouble is that until a few years ago, we were self sufficient with gas, but now north sea gas is diminishing meaning that we have to import more gas and are subject to the volatility in the gas markets :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 The trouble is that until a few years ago, we were self sufficient with gas, but now north sea gas is diminishing meaning that we have to import more gas and are subject to the volatility in the gas markets :(Yep, I just heard them say that they import 40% of our gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 We recently replaced our water/central heating boiler with a 'Combi'.It is certainly proving to be infinitely more efficient....Good job in view of the recent price increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 We recently replaced our water/central heating boiler with a 'Combi'.It is certainly proving to be infinitely more efficient....Good job in view of the recent price increases.I hope that it was a condensing combi, they are by far the most economical.Gas Boilers - Gas Combi Boilers, Gas Condensing Combi BoilersCondensing combi boilers provide central heating by circulating hot water through radiators and under floor heating circuits. These high efficiency boilers provide instantaneous hot water only when a hot water tap, shower, washing machine or dishwasher is turned on, alleviating the need for bulky hot water cylinders and cold water storage tanks. The high efficiency of these boilers is achieved by recycling and abstracting the heat from the exhaust gases where, in non-condensing boilers, the heat present in the exhaust gases is wasted to the atmosphere. Taken from here.http://www.heatandplumb.com/acatalog/Gas_C...on_Boilers.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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