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nightjar nightjar@insert my surname here.uk.com wrote:
When I was still manufacturing, my direct energy costs were less than 1%
of my overheads. My labour costs were 25% of my income. It is not
because their energy is cheap that we buy from them.

There's far more to energy costs than the direct one to the manufacturer.
It influences labour rates as well, for example.

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