I don't doubt for a minute that the Electricty prices have skyrocketed in Europe. The funny thing about Electricity is it only has value when it is being used. If nobody turned on anything electrical in their home or business, then Electricity would be worthless no matter how much of it the power companies made. Yea, I know, I look at the world through a strange pair of glasses. I try to break everything down to its simplest form. Think about a Home Solar system. The moment the Battery system is fully charged, all that extra sunshine is wasted and even though the Solar Panels are still making electricity it is wasted because it isn't being used until you turn on some device that starts to deplete the batteries. It took me quite a while to realze that when the SHTF, I am going to need a way to make Electricity. Yep, I was a bit like most people and just took it for granted that there would always be electricty. I sure am glad I woke up and smelled the Electricity.