Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter

Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by janwillemb on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:06AM (#35480358)

Tbh, for me (in the Netherlands) it was the costs that went from 120 euro per month up to 600 per month. I'm ashamed to admit we were able to cut about 40% by simple measures.

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by WeylandYutani on Friday April 07, 2023 @08:48AM (#35481045)

If something is cheap why conserve it?

As a Dutch citizen I'm using up an entire African village worth of water every month because it costs almost nothing. There are probably people on this planet right now living like the Fremen.

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by kataklasm on Friday April 07, 2023 @09:50AM (#35481537)

I really don't get the underlying smugness of this comment. It outright disgusts me, if I'm being honest...

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by mcv on Saturday April 08, 2023 @07:59AM (#35492443)

I'm not sure if it's intended to be smug. It's a statement of fact, and to me, it sounds like it implies that maybe these things should be more expensive, to encourage us to conserve more.

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by osigurdson on Friday April 07, 2023 @10:05AM (#35481692)

If you conserved more water, would the African village have more?

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