RE: Sold out30 Aug 2022 17:57
Clued, I completely agree! People before profits, however, in SSE's case I would class them as a fair and decent business. In general the excess profits they are making are not of their own making. I would condemn businesses such as Vitol and Trafigura, which are private Swiss commodity trading companies who are making $Billions just by buying and selling gas and oil futures, fuelling the fire of supply and demand in forward energy markets. That greed and avarice needs to be stamped. For SSE to announce a 20% donation of profits to poor families would be a nice gesture, but in reality would only go into the pockets of greedy corporate trading companies who know exactly how to game the system.
I am deeply saddened by the state of the UK's energy prices and am certain people will die this winter. Alas there is nothing we can do, as the saying goes, Hard times make strong Men, Strong Men make good times, Good times make weak Men, Weak Men make Hard times :)