Wondering why fuel prices have shot up at the same time as the coldest winter for about a decade

[HelenBurns]

It has just struck me how much of a coincidence this appears to be.

Fuel goes through the roof, and sudden;y we have a really, really cold winter, much colder than it's been for years.

I am starting to feel slightly suspicious, can anyone set me straight as to how this could just be a coincidence rather than someone somewhere trying to make money?

(I'm thinking about those long term forecasts you can pay a lot of money for - but I might be totally off)

Thanks

and at best it's ironic...let alone tragic for some, and very uncomfortable for many of us.

Old fashioned supply and demand?

I don't know - didn't they bring in the new prices in the late summer/autumn? None of us could have known the winter would be so cold, not without access to early forecasts that is.

I think it's coincidence. The prices went up after the raw material costs went up. We may find the prices come down a bit soon - like petrol has. If they delay bringing prices down after raw material prices decrease that's where the money making comes in.