I am not sure that German citizens are being forced to have cold showers. Where did you get this information?public buildings and tourist sites
"Cities in Germany are switching off spotlights on public monuments, turning off fountains, and imposing cold showers on municipal swimming pools and sports halls"German cities impose cold showers and turn off lights amid Russian gas crisis
Atmospheric anyway...I’ve already got them a few torches and candles et cetera but I am sure I could do more.
You'll have gas since it originates mostly from North sea. However the price will be very expensive.Not to be all Domesday (I should really wait until a Monday morning to post for full effect) but electricity generation is very dependent on gas.
Electricity
Modern societies are dependent on reliable and secure supplies of electricity. Electricity generation accounts for a third of all primary energy use in Ireland.www.seai.ie
"Natural gas is the largest source of electricity generated, accounting for 52% of all electricity generated in 2020"
It is a worst case scenario but it could get cold and dark together.... Well for some parts of Europe.
Just is case, this is not in peoples houses. Question, how may hot showers have you been provide by the irish state or you local council?. I wager zero, whereas on continent these "benefits" of cheap municipal swimming pools and leisure centres are as common as your local dunnes stores.There are stories about certain German cities turning off lights on public buildings and tourist sites, and forcing citizens to have cold showers in light of gas shortages that are coming down the tracks.
I know that Ireland has a different gas supply route, but it is likely that we will suffer gas / electricity shortages in the coming months, it would seem. How are you planning to prepare for these events? I am just thinking about my elderly parents and what I can do to prepare them for gas and electricity shortages. I’ve already got them a few torches and candles et cetera but I am sure I could do more.
Regarding cooking, there's actually some really good plug-in induction hobs on the market now.Our cooking is gas, our heating is gas, two gas fires. If the gas goes we will be plugging in whatever electrical apparatus we have to cook food.
Hot water bottles, double fleeces.......a bit like last winter really.
in the shared areas e.g. staircases, corridors yes, but not inside a persons appartment, they can do whatever they please. People on continent live in free democratic societies, by the way, its not just in jolly old Eire where a person can heat their homes to whatever they please ......Could be wrong on this but aren't there some apartment complexes, moreso on the continent than here, have a central thermostat for the building which can be set lower...
That's not true, many of the larger complexes use a district heating model that is centrally controlled. Germany have specific legislation in place governing the temperatures these must operate at within the living accommodation itself, with mandatory and significant rent reductions if targets are missed. There are discussions underway currently about reducing the minimum temperatures,in the shared areas e.g. staircases, corridors yes, but not inside a persons appartment, they can do whatever they please. People on continent live in free democratic societies, by the way, its not just in jolly old Eire where a person can heat their homes to whatever they please ......
Using a kettle to heat water for dish washing would be more efficient.I usually use immersion to heat enough to wash dishes etc
Well that is what I have to do now that the immersion is broke, it's nearly slower as I need two kettles full for a decent bit in sink and immersion would have heated that in less than 5 mins, I once timed it as someone else was complaining about how slow theirs is to heat! Whatever about cost it's a pain filling/boiling kettle twice, I'll be getting immersion fixed, it's one of those pringles tin sort of size ones attached to side of tank, not a small element in the tank itself. Think it was called an economiser at the time I put it in so probably not much worse than kettle.Using a kettle to heat water for dish washing would be more efficient.
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