Under the sky -high energy bill, British families are scrambling to buy electric blankets to welcome the cold winter

【Source: Nine Pai News】

With the rise of natural gas prices, British energy bills and families' annual payment bills will soar. According to reports, the British people were stunned by sky -high energy bills: a cafe is nearly 10,000 euros for more than two months, and the energy bill of the bar owner has soared from £ 13,000 to 35,000 pounds. The tea restaurant operating for several years decided to close.

On September 8, local time, British Prime Minister Trassen announced that it will implement a two -year "energy price guarantee" mechanism from October 1 to cope with Britain's soaring energy bill. But from October 1st, ordinary families in the UK will pay about 2,500 pounds per year.

However, the upper limit of this price is not necessarily the amount paid by a family, and the amount of the energy bill still depends on the energy use of the family. Although the British government announced its help for billing payers, people across the United Kingdom are looking for other methods to warm up heating equipment such as electric heaters and electric blankets.

Lakeland, a British appliance, said that so far, the sales of electric blankets this year are almost 13 times that of 2021. A spokesman for the retailer said that some products have been sold out. In the first half of August alone, the sales volume of electric blankets was 65%higher than the sales of January.

Electric blankets are usually much cheaper than using central heating. A electric blanket expert said that running an electric blanket for one night (8 hours) cost about 42 pence, and a blanket that runs low (50W or 60W) will be cheaper. British customers agree that electric blankets are a cheaper and more effective way of heating, and they published a positive evaluation of the purchased products.

A shoppter commented: "I know this can also save my heating fee, and sleeping on a warm bed is too luxurious. I also like to sleep early, and don't have to heat the whole house for so long at night." Another person said: "Very suitable for cold nights!"

Other European countries are also preparing for the upcoming winter. According to reports, compared with the same period last year, the number of heater purchased by German shoppers in the first half of this year increased by 35%. According to the report, in the first half of this year, Germany sold at least 600,000 heater.

However, if thousands of families increase the use of high -power electrical appliances at the same time, power outage may be caused. German power grid researchers predict that the use of electric heaters can cause national power outages at the same time, but it will cause regional problems. In addition, excessive pressure of German grids will affect France's power supply.

Jiupai News Intern reporter Liu Yating

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