EU Pleads For Less Energy Use As Energy Crisis Intensifies

Turning down the thermostat by just one or two degrees Celsius could save some 10 percent of the energy that the EU imports from Russia, the Financial Times reported in the latest sign that European governments are hard at work encouraging people to reduce their energy consumption. The report cited estimates made by a Brussels-based economic think-tank dubbed Bruegel.

According to Bruegel, the EU could save 130 terawatt-hours per year if all Europeans turn down the thermostat and the water boiler. For context, the same researchers estimate Russian…