The IEA also urges switching to “modern cooking solutions"
Posted on 04/19/2026 12:34:49 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
The European Union’s energy commissioner is asking people in the bloc to drive less, work from home and implement other measures to lower the demand for oil and gas as the Iran war strains energy supplies.
The EU is asking its member states to implement the International Energy Agency’s 10-point plan to reduce global oil demand, said Dan Jørgensen, the EU’s energy commissioner, during a press conference on Tuesday.
“Since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, prices in the EU have risen by around 70 per cent for gas and by 60 per cent for oil,” he said.
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Uber & Lyft drivers here are feeling the pinch, but Americans overall not as much.
Build BMWs and Porsches from home.
Solar panels are in demand?
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The IEA also urges switching to “modern cooking solutions"
Mmmmmm, Soylent Green...
This is the End of tightly coupled international trade.
Go do something anatomically impossible to yourself, commissioner.
The only folks suited to WFH scenarios are already doing so, because their jobs are more make-work projects as opposed to actual productive jobs. Exceptions are real, but rare.
It’s pretty hard to operate heavy equipment, or build things, or fix devices unless you are able to travel to where the work actually is.
And good luck with anything medical that requires physical testing or interaction. Physical therapists can’t move your extremities through the internet, and your monitor can’t draw a blood sample...
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