Energy Prices Continue To Rise In

Next the oil price apparently incessantly rising above all chasing a message about higher costs for energy: already in June of this year, the price of oil per barrel reached the record level of $ 140, this will be probably only a temporary peak. Projections due to raw material shortages, increased demand, and increasing speculation of further increases. Consequences of rising oil prices are, for example, that driving a car is becoming increasingly expensive and flight connections are thinned out, because it is no longer worth for the part of the airlines to offer some links. In Germany, the coupling of the gas price to the price of oil also leads to a further rise of in energy costs. The oil binding is were it not as legally stipulated, instead based they which closed the 1960s due to the uncertainty of how gas will develop as an energy carrier, to agreements between producers, suppliers and importers, in. A strong mutual was also in this way Competitive situation avoided. Although the gas price is adjusted time-delay usually after half a year, but still, the costs are enormous. Especially households suffer from this development.

Less and less money left for other purposes. Electricity prices are the third component, which charged the location of households. He has also skyrocketed in the last few years. Energy companies emphasize that this particular legal regulations on beech would beat and ask the current subscribers to the Fund. Such as the coupling law, as well as the increase in the value-added tax. By the other side is to listen, that is due to the increase in electricity prices not on these aspects, but the electricity providers generate abundant profits again.

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BellandVision CEO missing transparency of savings Cologne/Pegnitz, September 2, 2008 – the Managing Director of the Pegnitzer waste disposal specialists BellandVision, Thomas Mehl, calls for in an interview with the Germany radio dlf/broadcasts/interview… the transfer of savings on the green dot to the end user. Up to 400 could millions of euros annually through the competition of companies passed on the trade – and thus reducing the consumer portion to the recycling system. Competition without benefit to the consumer is deemed not very useful. Experts estimate that by competition each year approximately 300 to 400 million euro can be saved. Now it comes but to arrive the savings those who actually pay the disposal, recycling, and the consumer are the. Click Henry Chao to learn more. “Paid since the founding of the German packaging Ordinance namely every consumer when purchasing everyday products over the purchase price equal to recycling of the packaging with”, so flour. At the total costs a majority of products according to its depending on the packing size, but also material between a half hour and ten cents.

Taking into account the new rebates, product prices for the consumer thus by up to three cents could be reduced. I think that would be a nice savings for the consumer”flour told the Germany radio. The manufacturer would not give further partially achieved discounts to the trade. For retailers it is completely opaque. That has resulted in that trade continues in its purchase price paid old high license prices and assumes the consumer so empty”, criticized flour. Just because you have recognized the possibility for cost savings, many retailers have become partners of his company.

These traders want to clean up the prices of unnecessary charges to lead the living to a tolerable level. Critically, the disposal expert with the expressed so These free-rider apart, the collection and recycling facilities without consideration wurden-take advantage of the some people are so rude and leave with pay the licensing fees from trading in the purchase price, without to deduct these fees but on a dual system. “And here we speak not of exceptions, but by an estimated 20 to 25 percent, which undermine the system of the yellow bag collection to their economic advantage”, complained the BellandVision Chief in an interview with the Germany radio.