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Comparing Green Energy Suppliers

February 8, 2012 by Vicky Portwain
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Insurance comparison websites have been around for a while and have helped consumers choose the cheapest and / or most suitable product for them without phoning a huge number of suppliers. A similar website service for household and business energy now helps people compare energy prices and features allowing them to decide which is the... [read more]

Energy Crisis Prices Persist

July 22, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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Watching oil prices is a hard habit to break, once formed. They're always moving up and down, sometimes for obvious reasons and sometimes not. It has probably escaped most observers' notice that the magnitude of this year's price moves has exceeded the total nominal price of oil that prevailed not many years ago, yet without the sort of... [read more]

Answer to Comment Challenging My Assertion That Nuclear Power Increase Contributed to Low Gas Prices from 1985-2000

November 6, 2009 by Rod Adams
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This morning I posted a blog talking about how a second round of new nuclear power plants analogous to the one that the US undertook during the period from 1970-1990 might lead to a lengthy period where natural gas supplies will be greater than natural gas demand. I described how such a situation can lead to lower prices and pointed to... [read more]

Caveat Emptor - Be Wary of Gas Salesmen Claiming Long Term Low Prices

November 5, 2009 by Rod Adams
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My years as an operating engineer has turned me into a contrarian and a pessimist who is constantly looking for signs of trouble, especially as others get excited and focused on temporary good news. My years as a critical consumer of commercially sponsored media has also made wary of sales pitches disguised as news stories. When the... [read more]

Fear of steep energy bill rises in UK

October 10, 2009 by Big Gav
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The BBC reports UK energy regulator Ofgem has been doing some scenario planning around future energy prices in the UK, with most outcomes rapidly outpacing inflation - Fear of steep energy bill rises in UK.Domestic UK energy bills could rise by 60% by 2016 in a worst-case scenario identified by the energy regulator. However, most other... [read more]

"Cheap" Natural Gas Soars by 15% in a Single Day Based on Better Economic News and Less Gas Going to Storage

September 11, 2009 by Rod Adams
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As a long time observer of energy markets, I have maintained a continuing skepticism as many people assured the world that we were entering into a lengthy period of low, well-behaved natural gas prices. I have heard that before and watched as the fuel's natural volatility took over and prices see-sawed with great drama. Though natural... [read more]

Deficits, Dollars, and the Price of Energy

August 26, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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The latest revision to the forecasted federal deficit has implications beyond the sustainability of current government spending. Reading a pair of high-profile, skeptical assessments of Peak Oil in the context of a $9 trillion deficit projection for the next decade, it occurred to me that the most serious risk of higher oil prices in... [read more]