Macron Forsees ‘End of Abundance’
Disconnecting wifi and household appliances, while reducing energy-consuming climate control mechanisms may come under a Macron-declared ‘end of abundance.’
Disconnecting wifi and household appliances, while reducing energy-consuming climate control mechanisms may come under a Macron-declared ‘end of abundance.’
Since the Russo-Ukrainian war’s escalation, Germany has been frantically looking for alternatives, even going as far as to court Qatar. It hopes that Canadian hydrogen fuel could eventually power its cars, trucks, and ships.
“The Germans want European solidarity, and solidarity always means, euphemistically, that I am poor, so I am taking something from you.”— Roland Tichy, founding editor of Tichys Einblick
The levy comes just days after Energy Minister Robert Habeck announced his plan for reducing gas consumption by 20%. He also wants to allow public buildings to be heated at a maximum of 19 degrees.
The Commission’s directives would enshrine in EU regulation solar and wind energy projects as worthy of “overriding public interest” status. Being overridden is exactly what rural communities fear.
On its website, the collective Don’t Pay UK demands a “reduction of energy bills to an affordable level.”
In Seville, one of the hottest and most touristic cities in the country, restaurant and shop owners have come out in full rebellion against the measure, calling it one more step in undermining small businesses.
With more than half of its nuclear power plants undergoing maintenance, France seems woefully underprepared to meet increased power demands in winter, which might make Paris the first major European capital this winter to experience blackouts.
Germany and Poland are the countries facing the greatest likelihood of suffering from a coal shortfall.
It is unclear if Sánchez wants to turn his anti-tie appeal into a nation-wide campaign, and whether Spaniards will be asked to forego other energy-depleting lifestyle choices.
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