01.25.06
Gas shortage
I’m not sure if this has hit the news in America or not, but Italy is currently facing a major natural gas shortage. Italy imports around 80% of all its natural gas from Russia, who is also facing record cold temperatures and is decreasing its exports of natural gas to ensure that they have enough gas for themselves. Italy will soon have to tap into its own gas reserve, and hopes that the gas will last until mid-February, if temperatures stay the same.
So the government has asked everyone to turn down their thermostats 1 degree Celsius and to turn it off for one more hour each day. Most thermostats in Italy are programmable. Ours is only on from 6-8 AM and 5-11 PM every day. When it’s on, it only gets up to 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit).
It’s going to be a cold winter…