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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
That's true, BJ, but at a price. However, Russia, or perhaps I should say Putin, has been screwing Europe over the cost for some little time.
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Actually that's not within his purview. The energy prices are set by the market thus when the 2008 crash happened the oil price dropped through the floor and the energy companies closed many facilities. I don't actually agree with the way they work but I can't blame Putin for the price of oil at the moment. He is responsible for the current spike though. Also the UK energy policy has resulted in our reliance on imported oil and gas, very little from Russia, so we need to ditch the green agenda and open up our energy reserves.