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Old 08-19-2022, 08:32 AM   #17
sterlingice
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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho View Post
Oh, large parts of the US walked into mass poverty ages ago.

I don't expect the US to be dramatically affected by energy prices this winter (compared to Europe), due to, mainly: a) only a small percentage of our overall energy comes from Russia, and b) large parts of the US don't actually need heating in the winter.

I'm sure the energy companies will try and find a way to raise prices, though.

Texas jacked their prices up 30-50% last year, following the freeze and associated man-made crisis that transferred a ton of money to politically connected energy companies. It's expected to cost us something like $25B over the next decade or two (https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertb...er-storm-uri/). That's billion with a "b". And it was basically almost all artificially created and we're all going to get to pay for it. Stupid ass criminal state.

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