Yes, North-Eastern US. I'd guess it's less you getting screwed and more the fact that the Fed. government here does some serious fuel subsidies which keeps retail down...similar to gas pricing here vs. UK or EU.
My real expense comes during the summer when I'm running two dehumidifiers at basement level to keep that floor (grow area, large storage area, art studio & music room w/instruments), in the 50% RH or lower range.
To show you what’s just happened here.
before Christmas my direct debit to the energy supplier was £209 for both gas and electric.
they emailed me last Month as the energy price cap has been lifted to tell me my payments are increasing to £314 per month.
my usage hasn’t gone up but they can now charge 54% more than previously because the cap has been lifted.
national minimum wage has increased but so too has everything else to compensate Paying minimum wage workers more money.
National insurance (our healthcare tax) has increased by £1000 per year.
Everything here is going up.
A few weeks ago the chancellor announced a £0.05 reduction in petroleum tax per litre.
the Week before this announcement petroleum here went up £0.07 pence and In the last year we’ve seen it climb from £1.20 a litre to now £1.70 a litre.
