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If you really think that all Europeans are going to vacations and buying game consoles, you havent been to a village in an Eastern-European country yet. I am s

If you really think that all Europeans are going to vacations and buying game consoles, you havent been to a village in an Eastern-European country yet. I am sure that living from $70/month would be hard for any of us, but some people have to keep their whole family alive from that money, and definately depend on the government this winter. If they freeze, nobody will know about them and they will be just deleted from the statistics. Heres a video of how the poorest part of Hungary looked like a few years ago, and I am sure their life has just gotten much worse since a few years ago: https://youtu.be/FvoTaqutfVk https://youtu.be/FvoTaqutfVk

Tenoke 4y ago
I've been to villages in Eastern Europe and wood burning is among the main methods of heating. I'm guessing the price increases of everything else is what's a bigger problem there.
- KronisLV 4y ago
  > I've been to villages in Eastern Europe and wood burning is among the main methods of heating. I am from Eastern Europe (Latvia) and this does mostly hold true for the countryside: wood burning stoves are common. However, it is likely that inflation and other cost increases will also affect the prices of firewood from here on out, as well as getting it delivered (unless you decided to secure your own, though depending on where/how you do that, the legality might be dubious). From what I know of, most people are noticeably hit by the increase of prices in the stores (as well as a somewhat decreased selection of what's available), in addition to greatly increased electricity prices, which has been a topic that gets brought up often in the news. There aren't that many great solutions for that, to be honest - both diesel generators and solar panels are too expensive for most people, even though there are programs to aid families with purchasing and setting up their own, if they're capable of partaking in those: https://www.altum.lv/en/services/individuals/energy-efficiency-of-private-homes/ https://www.altum.lv/en/services/individuals/energy-efficien... (the Latvian translation has more information https://www-altum-lv.translate.goog/pakalpojumi/iedzivotajiem/privatmaju-energoefektivitate/?_x_tr_sl=lv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-altum-lv.translate.goog/pakalpojumi/iedzivotajie...) That said, it's probably difficult to undertake something like that, when you're living from paycheck to paycheck.
  - fy20 4y ago
    Here in Lithuania a tonne of wood pellets went from 125€ last year to 500€ today. It will probably go up even more as the winter progresses.

Tenoke 4y ago

I've been to villages in Eastern Europe and wood burning is among the main methods of heating. I'm guessing the price increases of everything else is what's a bigger problem there.

KronisLV 4y ago
> I've been to villages in Eastern Europe and wood burning is among the main methods of heating. I am from Eastern Europe (Latvia) and this does mostly hold true for the countryside: wood burning stoves are common. However, it is likely that inflation and other cost increases will also affect the prices of firewood from here on out, as well as getting it delivered (unless you decided to secure your own, though depending on where/how you do that, the legality might be dubious). From what I know of, most people are noticeably hit by the increase of prices in the stores (as well as a somewhat decreased selection of what's available), in addition to greatly increased electricity prices, which has been a topic that gets brought up often in the news. There aren't that many great solutions for that, to be honest - both diesel generators and solar panels are too expensive for most people, even though there are programs to aid families with purchasing and setting up their own, if they're capable of partaking in those: https://www.altum.lv/en/services/individuals/energy-efficiency-of-private-homes/ https://www.altum.lv/en/services/individuals/energy-efficien... (the Latvian translation has more information https://www-altum-lv.translate.goog/pakalpojumi/iedzivotajiem/privatmaju-energoefektivitate/?_x_tr_sl=lv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-altum-lv.translate.goog/pakalpojumi/iedzivotajie...) That said, it's probably difficult to undertake something like that, when you're living from paycheck to paycheck.
- fy20 4y ago
  Here in Lithuania a tonne of wood pellets went from 125€ last year to 500€ today. It will probably go up even more as the winter progresses.