How Europe saves energy under the energy crisis！

Oct,10,2022

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Italy: Turn off the heat to cook spaghetti！

It is reported that Italian Nobel Prize winner in physics, George Parisi, released his energy-saving tips on social media: turn off the heat to cook spaghetti.

"Boil the water, pour in the spaghetti, wait for two minutes, and then you can turn off the gas."

It sounds like a great way to save electricity. I wonder if this noodles taste good?

Britain: I can't turn on the heater. I spent 10 pounds on a kettle

Energy crisis=high energy bill=social unrest?

With the announcement that the energy price ceiling will be increased by 80% from October, a poll shows that nearly 25% of British households will have to turn off the heating completely in winter, and 69% said they will turn on less heating.

Due to the rise in electricity prices, primary and secondary schools have to reduce the temperature of the heating in the classroom. In order to prevent students from freezing in the classroom, these schools say they may buy some sweaters for students to wear more warmth

Of course, in order to save energy expenditure, British people try every means to "get warm". 23% of Britons said they would return to their offices this winter.

More curious than schools and the public is former Prime Minister Boris.

At the beginning of September, the outgoing British Prime Minister Boris even advised the British people to buy a new kettle, so that they could save 10 pounds of electricity bills every year!

Boris said, "If you have an old kettle that takes a long time to boil, it may cost 20 pounds to replace it. But it can save you 10 pounds a year on your electricity bill."

Later, however, the Huffington Post pointed out that the purchase of a new kettle was a vivid analogy made by Boris when he talked about the new nuclear power plant. To explain that it seems that it is expensive to do so now, but it is worth doing in the long run.

Boris was introducing that the British government would allocate 700 million pounds to build a new nuclear power plant, saying that this approach was to ensure the energy security of Britain.

However, this statement was immediately regarded as Boris's suggestion on the cost of living crisis in Britain and quickly became popular on social media.

Obviously, at the moment of "hard life", everyone didn't buy this joke at all. Boris was cursed by the Labour MP and British netizens!

Netherlands: Lower office temperature

In order to save energy, the Netherlands reduced the set heating temperature from 21 ℃ to 19 ℃. After the indoor temperature is lowered, many office workers cannot adapt to it.

However, the advice they received was: If you feel cold, don't stop fighting for energy conservation. You can wear two pairs of socks to make it warmer.

There is also an official suggestion: when it is cold, young people should wear two sweaters, or "run up and down the stairs to keep warm".

Reported that under the pressure of soaring energy prices, the European Council announced the formal approval of the emergency measures to control energy prices recommended by the European Commission.

The three main points of the measures are: power limit, price limit and tax on windfall profits! At the same time, Europe is also trying to reduce the demand for natural gas.

We can only say that the energy crisis in Europe is really serious!

Finally, I would like to ask you: Which country do you most appreciate the way of coping with the energy crisis?