Caffeine_Monster t1_j91r4d7 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:01 PM

Reply to comment by ibo92can in Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

>And norway do produce both electric and petrol....

That's because everything is often flogged to the free market. Even if your country produced a lot of energy it won't offset local costs.

e.g. UK electricity costs are due to go up to £0.5 / kwh in April despite the fact half our energy is now produced by renewables and should be dirt cheap.

YsoL8 t1_j920yde wrote on February 18, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Well that's hardly true. I'll throw in a live sources link here in a moment

https://grid.iamkate.com/

I've seen that renewables number anywhere between 10 and 50% depending on the prevailing conditions. This December there was no wind blowing at all and it stayed at about 8% for nearly a month.