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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by neilm
30% on energy bills, you've only got lady Thatcher to thank for that.

If we still had a coal industry in this country then we wouldnt have to be buying in energy from other countries and be at their mercy

If the utility companies were still nationalised there would be no shareholders to make profits for so prices could be contained for the good of the nation.


Just proves that the free market isnt always the right way.
Except that most energy companies actually make very little from consumer supply.
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