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Originally Posted by KenGee
I just don't get the moaning about fuel prices or the cost of power, for the average household these bills are tiny compared to house prices or renting in large cities. we have far more control over our utility bills then we do many of our other bills.
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Pretty easy to understand the moaning from where I sit. Like you I live outside major city and pay through the nose for products which all have to be freighted into town. You may even be better off than me being in at least a significant sized centre.
Australia overall is paying far more for power and fuel than almost any other weatern civilized country. From memory Germany and Norway beat us on both counts but then again they also have a higher income.
The cost to produce electricity is almost the same as it was 10 years ago and the wholesale price of electricity is also stil quite similar to that of 10 years back but the retail cost has almost tripled.
Fair grounds to moan in mybook.
Try running a car and paying for heating and cooling with electricity where I live on a pension. Plenty of the oldies here do but believe me most struggle.
Between Government and Big companies the only people doing it easy are the executives who live off the pain of the ordinary working person.
Keep moaning folks.Maybe one day someone will listen.