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Energy company: "Ok!" turns off service
by King-Aaron 4y ago
Energy company: "Ok!" turns off service
- luciusdomitius 4y ago1. You cannot do that without bumping the price for the few remaining customers. 2. In some EU countries you would have problems with human rights legislation.
- simondotau 4y ago1. You can if you make the reasonable prediction that the overwhelming majority of protesters won’t (or can’t) stick to their pledge in the face of actual service shut-off.
- xlii 4y ago...and even if they did, most likely it'll be so fragmented that it won't have an impact. UK has population of around 67 million. 180k of pledges right now doesn't even make it 0.025%. It's probably not enough to turn off energy in one apartment per apartment building.
- ilrwbwrkhv 4y agoNope that's not how it works. Unfortunately in North America we are so brainwashed that we forget that mass protests really work.
- xyst 4y agoYet another reminder of American Exceptionalism
- happymellon 4y agoMaybe not cut off, but it's how you end up on a pre-pay meter rather than monthly billing. There are ways around this for the energy companies.
- gspetr 4y agoThe recent Canada convoy protest was both in NA and a mass protest. How much change has that brought?
- King-Aaron 4y agolol I'd forgotten about that
- sofixa 4y agoIt's not so easy. No idea about the UK, but for instance in France you cannot turn off electricity, heating, or expell a tenant during the winter months because it's considered inhumane.