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Thewalrus515 t1_jae11zg wrote

Reply to comment by OrganizationLast8480 in Britain breaks 'green grid' record with latest 100 per cent clean power milestone by m_Pony

Shouldn’t have shot yourself in the foot with brexit, simple as.

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crazy-axe-man t1_jae2ytd wrote

Whilst most of us (including me) fought not to leave, I'm not entirely convinced this one can be attributed to brexit based on the significant cost of energy in the rest of Europe... its more based around the wholesale purchase system we use for energy.

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marsman t1_jae33qp wrote

Being in the EU would have had no impact on energy costs in this context though, so... No?

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Thewalrus515 t1_jae5vkr wrote

You genuinely believe that the UK would pay the same for gas and oil if they were in the EU? Lol.

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marsman t1_jae6fww wrote

Can you give one reason why it wouldn't...?

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Thewalrus515 t1_jaeh3n2 wrote

The inconvenience of transportation to the UK, the inconsistent rules, and because they can charge more because the UK is desperate.

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shiftystylin t1_jaenv0q wrote

Whilst I agree brexit was a f-ing stupid idea and voted remain, our wise overlords were pushing through new gas exploration (also f-ing stupid idea) because we had a bumper sales day selling gas to the EU at high prices. Once Holland and Germany's storage facilities were full, prices dropped... Except they didn't in the UK.

We also have no nationalised energy companies so we can't dictate the price that is reasonable to pay. We get the price dictated to us. We've basically become hostage to neoliberalist capitalism - let's play "who can run a country into ground the quickest!"

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