Posted on 11/22/2006 6:13:43 AM PST by Hydroshock
Sorry. I have a really bad cold. Maybe I need more tea...
There goes that article's credibility. Gas prices have trended down $0.80 / gallon since August. Howing does that equate to "rising"?
My light bill and gas bill are still up about 50% over where they were 2 years ago. As for gas, yes it has dropped, but it is still higher then it was 2 years ago. The cost of energy for my family is tracked in MS Money adn I can tell you it is up totally over 60% since this time 2 years ago.
Sure they do. My wife says his every year, then goes out and blows more money than ever before on crap we don't need.
-ccm
Well, maybe you need to get your HVAC systems a checkup.
In , 2004 the average retail cost per kilowatt hour was 8.91 cents. In August 2006 , the average retail cost per kilowatt was 9.53 cents per hour.
Perhaps you can explain to me how your "greater than 60% increase" is due to prices rising 5.5% .
Example, my light bill was $142 a month on balanced billing, it is now $262. We live in the same house with the same usage and I even up teh insulation in attic.
That's just a matter of discipline and priorities. We hit the wall on "crap we don't need" last year, and gave everyone certificates from the Smile Train - for our close friends and family, we spent $250 per, on surgeries to fix cleft palates in children. We told our friends that if there was anything they needed more than that, we would get it for them.
So far, no one has said they need, or want, anything more than that.
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