Energy costs

[AndyP]

just been checking www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr

Even some of the big supermarkets are over 2 euro up here. Maybe it is cheaper down south.

 

[9fingers]

just been checking http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr

Even some of the big supermarkets are over 2 euro up here. Maybe it is cheaper down south.

I've got that site bookmarked dating back to holidays in France to look up prices to plan fuel stops.

I seem to recall that there is some sort of govt control/guidance that allows vendors to vary the price in France immediately based on market prices rather than here where it changes when a fresh delivery is made.

Bob

 

[RogerS]

Thermostat down another notch. Now 16 degrees for three hours AM and PM. Nighttime was 15 ...now 13.

 

[AndyP]

Will have to order some bois chauffage soon. Due to my enforced lay-off last year none got ordered so will have to order some seasoned logs for next winter as well unseasoned for the winter after. Will be interesting to see how much prices have gone up.

Had a sunny day here so stove not lit until gone 5pm. Currently 24°c in the living room

 

[Lurker]

Our thermostat is set at 8 degrees for the next two weeks and no electricity at all.
We are on holiday .
Very warm here in Madeira thanks very much

 

[chataigner]

just been checking http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr

Even some of the big supermarkets are over 2 euro up here. Maybe it is cheaper down south.

And if you thought that was enough, today at the big Carrefour hypermarket/mall in Limoges diesel was 2€33 and there was a huge tailback to buy at that price before it gets worse !!!

 

[AndyP]

big Carrefour in Caen last night was cheapest around an 1.89. This morning when I got there 2.06. That's for e10. Very close to 100euro to fill up :shock:

 

[RogerS]

Good job you don't fly very much. Just wait for all the leasing defaults/CapeTown agreement being torn up/higher aircraft leasing costs >>>> higher passenger fares.

Source wiki

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions have had a significant impact on AerCap's operations and stock value[19], as the company has around 150[20] aircraft leased to Russian airlines, which are losing insurance and the ability to source spare parts[21]. Attempts to repossess aircraft with terminated leases have met with little success.

And all thanks to one man. :evil:

 

[Woodster]

Just back from Tesco. £1.60 a litre for Petrol and £1.70 for Diesel.

 

[Lurker]

I am in Madeira.
95 unleaded was 1.75 last Wednesday, when we started our hire car week, I noticed this morning that it’s 1.84.

 

[droogs]

bet you're regretting the visit to the cake factory now :?

 

[Lurker]

bet you're regretting the visit to the cake factory now :?

Bloke goes into a Scottish bakery “how much for a slice of that cake”
“One poond” says the baker.
“What about that cake”
“That’s two poonds”
“Why?”
“That’s Madeira cake”

 

[droogs]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Woodster]

 

[RogerS]

Since dropping the day temp to four hours at 16.5 degrees in the early morning and four hours in the evening and the night time to 13.5 degrees, it is amazing the difference it has made to consumption. On our Watchman, the tank would probably have been half gone by now. Instead just one bar has gone in two weeks.

Result. :eusa-dance:

 

[AndyP]

I was going to ask how you are keeping warm but thought better of it.

 

[RogerS]

I was going to ask how you are keeping warm but thought better of it.

Log fire, of course. What on earth else could you be thinking of ? Chance would be a fine thing

 

[Malc2098]

Smut, smut, utter smut!

 

[9fingers]

Smut, smut, utter smut!

Properly dried logs should not be producing smuts? :lol:

Bob

 

[Woodster]

Properly dried logs should not be producing smuts? :lol:

Bob

The law has changed but one wonders how many are ignorant of the fact or just won’t comply?

“The wrong kind of wood” :

https://hoa.org.uk/2021/11/wood-burning-stove/