Dear bills, a priority, he says Giorgia Meloni. For weeks, however, we have also been discussing how to reduce electricity and gas consumption. We think of an individual responsibility to combat a macroeconomic phenomenon. It is also said to reduce consumption it will help the climate. It is talked about throughout Europe. And in Italy? Eurobarometer in recent days he has carried out a survey whose results seem to fulfill the wish of Giorgia Meloni. The agreement reached last night in Brussels on the initiative of Mario Draghi will certainly lead to lower fares. But what does saving energy mean for Italians this winter? For 58 percent it means reducing consumption for economic reasons only. Of the climatic effects - in this period - there is little consideration. In short, the Italians are ready to make sacrifices, change their habits, use less warm-up and domestic lighting almost exclusively because the expense has become unaffordable.
The expensive bill weighs on family budgets and puts the climate in the background
69 percent, however, are convinced that Italy will be able to economize and will prove itself in Europe, despite Meloni's forecasts of spending 30 billion to fight the expensive bills.
Eurobarometer specifies “that the sacrifices are dictated by economic reasons and not by a green soul”. Attention, the Europeans continue to be concerned about the climate and hope that programs aimed at reducing the environmental impact will not be disrupted. But after the war in Ukraine and Putin's disasters, the environment is put on the back burner.
After all, the survey depicts a very plastic situation. When asked about willingness to pay a higher energy bill for climate-environmental reasons, 73% of all interviewees answered no.
Finally, the social differences in terms of income. More than half of the sample is convinced that the wealthy classes should make the greatest sacrifices. Families that consume more, have more goods and energy needs, live in large houses. The hopes of seeing the picture changed date back to a few hours ago. After the Brussels Agreement the price of gas has lost 10% with the speculative component in shadow. As far as the Meloni government is concerned, among the hypotheses circulated in recent days there has also been talk of rewarding those who save the most to push the final price of gas further down compared to the lower demand. The next Council of Ministers should adopt the first measures for families and companies.
