Here I am freezing my ass off... might as well be sitting naked in a refrigerator... yes you heard me, "NAKED in a Refrigerator".

So how is this of any consequence to the world?

I can't afford to heat my ass! Well, I can, but I doubt many in Lebanon will, not this winter at least.

The question thus being asked is:

How will we be heating our homes this winter?

Are we too preoccupied to notice that the cost of heating has risen to around 50% of the minimum wage in Lebanon?

Yes, the minimum wage is 300,000 LL and based on very conservative calculations, it will cost a small household 135,000 LL to provide very basic heating (hot water not included).

A bottle of Gas now stands at 17,000 LL.
20 liters of Oil (mazout) now stand at 18,000 LL.

You do the calculations.

And now there's talk of raising costs further.

-finkployd