British natural gas prices have soared, and electric blankets become British "heating artifacts"

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

According to the "Daily Mail" reported on September 22, with the rise of natural gas prices, the energy bills of British families have skyrocketed. As the cold winter approaches, some British sigh: "Sleeping on a warm bed is extravagant." More and more British people began to hoard the "heating artifacts" such as electric blankets.

Electric blanket (Source: Daily Mail)

According to reports, almost a quarter of the British said that as the price of natural gas rises, they will not turn on heating in winter this winter.

People in various places are looking for other methods to warm up this winter, and the "electric blanket" has also become a sought -after goods.

Many British people think that electric blankets are a cheaper and more effective way of heating. In the British e -commerce website "ARGOS", some users have expressed their love for electric blankets. A user said: "This can really save my heating fee. Sleeping on a warm bed is extravagant."

There are also users commented: "I like to sleep early, so I don't have to heat the whole house for so long at night." "It's very suitable for these cold nights!"

According to the "Daily Express" report, an electric blanket expert said after calculating that the electric blanket with a 100W power of 8 hours requires about 42 pointer in one night, and the electric blanket with a power of 50W or 60W will be cheaper.

And in order to ensure the use of electric blankets in the most conservative way, experts also provide some tricks, including preheating in advance, or purchasing regular electric blankets, and shut down after the set time period.

"Daily Mail" states that different electric blankets have different rated power, but even the highest -power electric blanket is cheaper than driving the central heating system all night.

Compared with other European countries, Britain is more likely to be affected by the fluctuations in international gas prices, because most of its natural gas is imported. Compared with European houses, British families also rely on natural gas to heat up and generate electricity.

The rising natural gas and electricity bills, coupled with the sharp rise in food costs, have pushed British inflation rates to the highest level in decades.

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