88V8 wrote:I was disappointed to hear Gove , usually a sensible chap, on't wireless responding to a question today... whether people should be told to use less energy by saying "that would be condescending".
Whaaaa?
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This is an opportunity to focus folks' attention on their wastefulness... and the notion that the average idler glued to their phone should be told to do something is not condescending. It's neither hard nor expensive, topping up the loft and sticking some Compriband around wooden windows.
That won't offset a tripling of energy costs, but it certainly helps.
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Those not alive in the 60s mostly have no idea how to be frugal with energy, and it is not condescending to tell them.
V8
I kind of agree, and disagree.
I find it condescending, in the same way that "Fog, slow down" signs on the motorway are condescending - it is blatantly obvious if it is foggy and that I should slow down, and I don't need a sign to tell me, and so it is blatantly obvious if I'm leaving the lights on all day/night, or throwing half a fridge full of food out each week.
And then we see those telly programs, OK they pick the extremes, but there are a huge number of people who have no concept of saving, hard ship, who don't remember fuel spiralling in the early 70s, queues at the pumps, regular power cuts, etc. Even squirrels store stuff for the hard times,but these people haven't experienced them no learnt or been taught the lessons.
Paul
