Mastodawn

IEA calls for working from home, driving slower and flying less to tackle energy crisis | Agency says consumer demand measures needed to manage Iran war’s disruption to global markets

https://lemmus.org/post/20994513

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Zagorath 2d ago

Conservatives will do anything to avoid building trains.

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Akasazh 2d ago

Or to curtail big business. Somehow the whole pollution and energy use thing is the consumers onus.

It’s almost never big business or billionaires with private jets that are called upon to be more frugal.

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pdxfed

Water conservation. 80% of water use in CA is agricultural, eng. Big Ag. Consumers are told to take 60 second ahowers, while water intensive crops like alfalfa are grown on land with senior water rights sold to foreign interests like Saudi and UAE who aren’t stupid and have money. The state has a water crisis because it won’t involve the heaviest abusers in the solution.