Gas company explains recent price increase

Mr Joe Cardona

Jun 2nd 2011, 19:56

Vera jiddispjacini meta nisma lil min ghandu mohhu maghluq. Kuntenti ghax qed joghlew il-prezzijiet. mela dawn kemm qed idahhlu fil-but paga. Zgur mhux aktar mill-Ministri u Segretarji parlamentari, ghax zgur li ma hadux 500 ewro fil-gimgha zieda.
Komplu hekk u Gonzi PN ikompli isawwatna ghax kuntenti. Boloh.
Jiddispjacini minn qalbi ghal dawk li bhali qed ibatu l-konsegwenzi ta' haddiehor u ma semghax mill-verita u issa gejna ghall-fatti. Swat biss.

C. Farrugia

Jul 11th 2010, 10:29

What the wages are in other countries is not the point. The point is that the gas has a international established price, same as oil and other comodities. When gas is bought wholesale this is not tied to what people in the country of consumption earn. This is the same as cars and all other comodities. A price of a car is fixed by the manufacturer and not according to the standard of living of each particular country.

David Treble

Jul 10th 2010, 17:49

I am sorry Mr Bonelo I must correct you on your comment. Many rural areas of the UK do not have access to mains gas supply so if residence wish to cook by gas they must relie on Bottled LPG. When I lived in a small market town in North Yorkshire the toiwn was connected to mains gas but properties in the surrounding area were not..Plus normally a delivery charge was added to the cylinder price.

john mahoney

Jul 10th 2010, 15:50

Minn gabar din l-informazzjoni imissu gabar ukoll kemm hi il paga minima u l-penzjoni tal- pajjizi. U halluna nghixu. Tkomplux tittrattawna ta' boloh

Mark fenech

Jul 10th 2010, 15:32

Wasn't aware that the price includes delivery to home. Why is the gas sold at the various standing points the same price as the one delivered then?

C.camilleri

Jul 10th 2010, 15:30

Is Europe made up of only 5 countries?

J.F. Vassallo Ebejer

Jul 10th 2010, 15:24

This is what happens when privatization is tackled in the strange ways it is done in Malta.

So we have gone from a public to a private monopoly, but to add insult to injury, we have a private monopoly which is already treating us as “terroni”.

Don’t they realise that with their actions (especially the stupid way of using the prices in other countries to try and fool us), they have already cost them the goodwill of most of the Maltese population??

Are they that insensitive or do they just don’t care?

leo attard

Jul 10th 2010, 13:09

@E gahn.....govt stopped subsidizing gas because lately the food they are eating is of a higher quality than that of us lesser mortals, the result being the govt is producing less methane emissions than before

N. Bonello

Jul 10th 2010, 12:52

I ask - Who actually uses LPG bottled gas for normal home use in the countries listed ? I would say none.

So why try to compare the cost of an item rarely used eg. for camping purposes in the countries listed to gas as used for normal everyday household/domestic use.

Are you trying to fool us or was it a genuine mistake ?

J Farrugia

Jul 10th 2010, 12:49

Flimsy and stupid excuses for price hikes. Building the gas plant from our own pockets. Disgraceful. Ara taghhmluhx 100euros cilindru tal-gass!

Mario Tabone-Vassallo

Jul 10th 2010, 12:32

Kemm minn dawn il-pajjizi msemmija ghandhom gass jasal id-dar bil-pajp u kemm ihallsu ghalih fil-kaz li ghandhom?

Eric Gahn

Jul 10th 2010, 11:48

So the Govt stops subsidising gas and this company invests so that its shareholders can make more money. The Govt's focus is really on the well being of its citizens - those few who can afford.

Joseph Cauchi

Jul 10th 2010, 11:16

It is good to have these comparative analyses but could we also have comparative analysis of wages earned?

JC.