Dawn of the £1 CUCUMBER: Price of vegetable is latest to soar driven by skyrocketing energy prices – as Tesco boss reveals they are boosting store security due to shoplifting fears amid cost-of-living crisis

by Boo_Randy When will the UK sheeple start calling the “cost of living crisis” what it REALLY is: a “central bank debasement of the currency crisis.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11178209/Price-CUCUMBERS-rise-60p-1-year-growers-UK-make-living.html The price of vegetables is set to skyrocket as the cost of living crisis deepens, …

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The Global Energy Crunch

by Charles Hugh-Smith If we insist on doing the transition the hard, slow, costly way rather than the easy, fast, cheap way, it’s going to be a needlessly arduous, soul-crushing slog. Let’s cover a few common-sense points and ask a …

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The system is broken: This chart shows the prices of gas and firewood in Germany. Households in Germany are stockpiling firewood and this is the result. People will have to choose this winter between food or heating.

by BoatSurfer600 Week 67 – 27/08/2022: People on £45,000 could struggle with bills, says chancellor.@allthecitizens #KeepingTheReceipts #Democracy #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ConservativePartyhttps://t.co/WcRYcVFgDuhttps://t.co/NQVqboCiPy pic.twitter.com/qI4mgXPUWy — keepingthereceipts (@receiptkeepers) August 27, 2022 Forget showering, it’s eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis Energy’s …

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Average annual UK household energy bill set to hit £6,600 in spring 2023… up +500% from last winter… for reference, the median full time salary in the UK is £31,000 per year before tax…

by silvertomars ‘Freeze profits, not people’: Furious protesters take to the streets outside Ofgem HQ as anger mounts at 80% energy price cap hike – and Chancellor Zahawi faces backlash for urging people to RATION to save money “Freeze profits, …

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Don’t wait for your government to admit the size of the problem before you take action. At that point, it’s too late. Remember, the Fed isn’t willing to admit the US economy is in a recession even after two quarters of negative GDP growth.

by BoatSurfer600 Europeans are getting into cold showers to save energy https://t.co/pEAcLWGztd — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) August 26, 2022 Listening to European Electricity Traders Is Very, Very Scary Every week, the people who trade electricity in the UK get to …

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Energy and inflation crisis: Europeans are borrowing money to afford holidays. UK supermarkets are phasing out expiration dates in a bid to save customers money. Germany is now weeks away from declaring energy emergency

Lots of people in Europe are borrowing money to afford holidays, meanwhile energy suppliers are preparing bills of between €1000 – €2000. Massive trouble brewing. — Marc-André Fongern (@Fongern_FX) August 24, 2022 Bloomberg: “UK supermarkets are phasing out expiration dates …

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Energy Rationing in Spain

by Martin Armstrong Spain is yet another southern European country feeling the brunt of inflation. Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that prices rose 10.8% in July, an increase from June’s 10.2% reading and May’s 8.5% level. This is the …

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