Energy costs in 2025: Are we paying too much?

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With the energy price cap increasing to £1,738 per year, we ask Birmingham locals if they think this is too much. Should the UK prioritise lowering energy costs, even if it means ditching expensive green energy proposals?

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00:00I think it's a joke, the energy prices at the moment, but yeah, I think we should start

00:06looking into cheaper ways of powering stuff.

00:11In terms of how we go about our energy in this country, Thatcher ruined us when she

00:17got rid of the oil fields. We could have been self-sufficient though, but again, that's

00:23history.

00:25There's just been too much of a shift. I mean, he used to be able to run a house just

00:30off dad's wages. Mum could look after the house, look after the kids, but now two people

00:35working full time are really, really struggling.

00:38I don't think we should ever ditch green energy proposals because I think that is the future.

00:44And if you hang on to using fossil fuels because it's cheap short term, we'll be absolutely

00:51screwed in the long term, both financially because of where we get our oil from and

00:57gas and environmentally.

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