They have said the plan all over Europe is to do rolling blackouts on businesses during the winter as that would be enough for people to stay warm, but then what when the packaging plants for frozen goods are shut down, toilet paper factories etc? People will be firing up diesel and petrol generators, because it is worth it, this will cause a shortage in gas and an increase in transport costs.
People thought the shortages during the pandemic were bad? People are going to go hungry this time.
About staying warm - In Poland shutting down schools due to cold has been elevated to a law bill and they added option to go into remote schooling after 2 days of shutdown. It is supposed to be an emergency provision and not a way to save money by local government. It's supposed to be verified later, but we all know they will first check on opposition-controller local govs.
In typical European fashion, people demand price controls on electricity to stop the greedy utility companies from price gouging.
Mass Blackouts incoming.
They have said the plan all over Europe is to do rolling blackouts on businesses during the winter as that would be enough for people to stay warm, but then what when the packaging plants for frozen goods are shut down, toilet paper factories etc? People will be firing up diesel and petrol generators, because it is worth it, this will cause a shortage in gas and an increase in transport costs.
People thought the shortages during the pandemic were bad? People are going to go hungry this time.
About staying warm - In Poland shutting down schools due to cold has been elevated to a law bill and they added option to go into remote schooling after 2 days of shutdown. It is supposed to be an emergency provision and not a way to save money by local government. It's supposed to be verified later, but we all know they will first check on opposition-controller local govs.