- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
Some 47 million people in Europe were unable to heat their homes sufficiently last winter. This figure has risen dramatically since 2021. Three factors are decisive when it comes to “energy poverty”: obsolete buildings, high energy costs, and low household incomes. Experts warn that the result may be social conflict.
The shame is governments not doing anything to subsidise the energy.
I am lucky enough to now live in a country where electricity is subsidised and on top of that climate is mild enough not to have to heat my home that much.
I spend in a year what I used to in a month in my former place in Belgium.
Yes moving to the South was for a part motivated by energy prices.
They are, at least where I am. They would sometimes give a €100 credit towards their bill. And those bills are oddly an extra €100 higher than normal, and only those bills.