- German cities are implementing energy saving measures amid the threat of a Russia oil cutoff.
- Some residents are taking cold showers and air-drying laundry as a result, local media reported.
- Prior to the Ukraine war, over half of Germany’s gas came from Russia. Now it’s down to 35%.
Germans are cutting back on oil-fueled modern luxuries in hopes that rationing today can help prevent blackouts down the line as a bleak winter without Russian gas looms.
Some residents say they are taking cold showers, air-drying their laundry, and switching to LED lightbulbs to deal with the energy crisis spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, The Local, a German news outlet, reported earlier in September.
“We are not using our dryer; taking cooler, shorter showers, and plan to only heat two rooms in our house this winter,” a 39-year-old Berlin resident said in a recent survey administered by the news outlet.
h/t tdtwedt
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