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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by KptMarchewa on Friday April 07, 2023 @04:46AM (#35479608)
10x in August. By January it was lower than 2021 winter.
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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by harvey9 on Friday April 07, 2023 @04:49AM (#35479624)
The person you replied to was talking about retail consumers. Retail prices don't always move in step with wholesale.
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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by orra on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:53AM (#35479922)
There's a saying that if wholesale prices rises, retail prices quickly rise; if wholesale prices drop, suddenly there’s a disconnect.
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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by Cthulhu_ on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:24AM (#35480095)
This is always the case. If e.g. petrol moved in tandem with the price of oil, it would have gone up and down by a lot - it's gone from $25 / barrel in 2020 to $110 in 2022.

I for one hope the consumer market will get an overcorrection and I can fix my contract for a few years, since I'm not convinced we've seen the last of energy price fluctuation.

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