[LINK] Electricity prices

[Jan Whitaker]

At 06:22 PM 21/03/2012, Michael Skeggs mike at bystander.net wrote:
>I don't feel especially outraged.

I don't either. I think I still pay substantially less for utilities 
here than I did in the US. I know my electricity bills are about 1/3 
of what they were, mostly because of the climate differences between 
moderate Melbourne and hot hot hot desert Arizona where aircon was a 
necessity. There may be a cost per unit difference where we pay a bit 
more, but the actual need is far less if one is reasonable about their uses.

I cringe when I see news reports where people are spending nearly 
$1000/quarter for electricity. I shake my head an wonder what their 
behaviours are that result in those sorts of costs. Probably houses 
lit up like Christmas trees generating unnecessary heat that is 
requiring their central aircon units to work even harder.

Jan



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