Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Asking Glaswegians about the cost of living crisis" video.

The oil companies lost a lot of money when the world ground to a halt during the pandemic, so they're trying to reclaim lost profits. Which is the base reason for everything going up, despite corporations making bumper profits. It's also a good way to get rid of a lot of poor people... Cost of living crisis? cost of capitalism reality!
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@bfg3890 lol it started before Putin was rejected by the EU regarding the pipeline. Russia only supplied less than 3% of our gas so how do you explain energy prices going up over 400% in less than 2 years? Fossil fuels plummeted to less than a third of the price during the pandemic. The facts are free for anyone with a modest intellect and basic reasoning skills. About as much use as a rubber beak to a woodpecker...
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@bfg3890 Instead of rambling on about a specific time period that suits you please feel free to read articles. "Struggling families are seeing their energy bills rise by as much as 350%, due to a loophole in the energy price cap, LBC can reveal." PS it's more than 400% if you look at Government stats. Price per megawatt-hour in Jan 2020 = £35.93 Price per megawatt-hour in Jan 2022 = £206.88 I'm sure despite the evidence so far you can do the maths...
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@Andrew-yl7lm PPS UK power prices have tripled year-on-year from August 2020 (£36/MWh) to August 2021 (£107/MWh) – a jump of £71/MWh. The UK now pays £263.99 per megawatt hour in August 2022. Not sure how many different ways I can put this from different sources but my 400% is clearly an underestimate. Please feel free (if able) to search for the figures I gave to find the sources...
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@Andrew-yl7lm Exxon annual gross profit for 2020 was $30.942B. Exxon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $91.013B around 3x the profit of the pandemic year...
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@bfg3890 I directed this reply to Andrew erroneously. "PPS UK power prices have tripled year-on-year from August 2020 (£36/MWh) to August 2021 (£107/MWh) – a jump of £71/MWh. The UK now pays £263.99 per megawatt hour in August 2022. Not sure how many different ways I can put this from different sources but my 400% is clearly an underestimate. Please feel free (if able) to search for the figures I gave to find the sources..."
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@marmedli9124 It's actually over 700% and the Tories sold off our national grid, North sea oil and our whole energy market to a cartel. So it's 100% the Tory's fault, they could have renationalised the energy market at any point and invested in renewables. We are 46% reliant on renewables despite massive cuts, If we were 100#% we would have full control over our own energy production and prices.
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@craigmclaren3241 You need basic literacy and basic reasoning skills, but by the sound of things, you're incapable of learning as your second reply clearly proves. About as much use to humanity as an ashtray on the international space station.
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@shieldsyx I'm not sure the shareholders would agree. But please keep up the sycophancy, it amuses me...
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@clowncarqingdao You didn't read the reply directly before yours I gave to Andrew I assume? "Exxon annual gross profit for 2020 was $30.942B. Exxon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $91.013B around 3x the profit of the pandemic year..."
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@craigmclaren3241 Pointing out an extortionate price increase that's costing people their lives... The price of electricity has increased by more than 700% since August 2020. Stop sucking up to corporations and learn that people are more important than profits...
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@Raymondo666 Erm lol, that's an easy question to answer, because the price of energy went up and they aren't going to sell much cheaper than their competition Duh!... They are all out to maximise profits. UK power prices have tripled year-on-year from August 2020 (£36/MWh) to August 2021 (£107/MWh) – a jump of £71/MWh. The UK now pays £263.99 per megawatt hour in August 2022. You don't think that's suspicious?
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@Onur-ng7cz The world ground to a halt, most shipping, transport, airlines, petrol stations did virtually nothing for a year. The price of fossil fuels plummeted to less than a third of what they were. Don't bother typing if you lack the intellect of even a syphilitic, crack-addicted rabbit...
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@craigmclaren3241 Energy is abundant, it's virtually free. Electrons are everywhere, We have geothermal energy, solar energy, wind, rain, rivers, coastal hydro sources. In fact anything that moves can be harnessed for its kinetic energy. Fossil fuels are for dinosaurs, literally...
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@craigmclaren3241 Feel free to stop making redundant comments. I mean seriously are you captain of the inept squad? a representative of inanity-R-us? Head of the pointless comments department?
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@marmedli9124 lol yes they have a lot of control, but this is fossil fuel companies. Stop listening to right-whinge conspiracy...
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@jamesmoyes5685 lol yes, fossil fuel extortion is because of renewable forms of energy that never run out and are infinite...
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@RetroMasters1977 You also didn't read the reply before yours I gave to Andrew I assume, we were talking about oil companies, not just energy... "Exxon annual gross profit for 2020 was $30.942B. Exxon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $91.013B around 3x the profit of the pandemic year..."
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@jamesmoyes5685 We are 46% renewables, if we were 100% we would be able to control energy prices. I have provided plenty of facts and stats in this thread for you to read. If you can't understand the basics ask a child to help explain it to you!
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@jamesmoyes5685 lol Lithium and Cobalt are mined for your mobile phone and technology. Very little to do with renewables. Check your dumb!
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@Raymondo666 You obviously don't understand energy production. Oil is energy and gas, fossil fuel companies sell it as petrol, oil and gas which is used to generate our electricity. You can't delink it, and renewables are the solution. You haven't a clue!
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