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> is neither fair nor sustainable That's half what I pay in Italy, I'm sure the richest country in the world will do fine.
by epolanski 1y ago
> is neither fair nor sustainable
That's half what I pay in Italy, I'm sure the richest country in the world will do fine.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago>I'm sure the richest country in the world will do fine. You underestimate how addicted the US is to cheap energy and how wasteful it is at the same time. Remember how your lifestyle always expands to fill the available resources no matter how good you have it? Well if tomorrow they'd have to pay EU prices, the country would have a war. When you lived your entire life not caring about the energy bill or about saving energy, it's crippling to suddenly have scale back and be frugal even if that price would still be less than what other countries pay.
- impjohn 1y agoIt's hard to appreciate the difference in 'abundance mentality' between the median US and EU person. It always struck me as an interesting culture difference. While both EU and US grew in prosperity post WWII, I feel the US narrative was quite on another level.
- modo_mario 1y agoHere in Belgium a stupid amount of that bill is hidden taxes. i kind of assume it's similar in Italy.
- epolanski 1y agoWe import most of our energy, that's really it.
- port11 1y agoAnd the substantial increase in profits for all providers, which isn't comparable to that of our neighbours. Our disposable income in Belgium really exists to subsidise energy companies, supermarkets, and a pathetic housing market.
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