Denmark’s energy minister called on citizens to reduce their energy use amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.
Oil prices jumped to over $100 a barrel on Thursday, raising fears of rising inflation.
“If it is not strictly necessary to drive the car, then don’t do it,” the minister stressed to Danish citizens.
Not to mention the economic terrorism remote workers are performing every day by not going out to lunch and happy hours in dismal chain restaurants concentrated in business districts we call downtowns. Will no body think of the shareholders?!
Not really a thing in Europe. Well, not where I live.
Yeah, it’s mainly a US problem. Local governments were structured to rely on sales tax revenue and had massive budget shortfalls when remote work took off. While remote work is better for the environment and employee mental health, but it was detrimental to the local economies, so many cities started mandating returning to office instead of reevaluating how our cities are structured/zones. Currently they’re not as much places to live as they are paces to conduct business, then commute back to suburbs to live. It’s fucked and our politicians are bought/paid for by the entrenched industries that got us into this mess in the first place. Maybe we’ll do better post balkanization of the empire.
I very much am aware. I would just prefer people to respect the Danes and other foreigners enough to not assume their experience is relevant or typical for said group of persons. Foreigners do stuff differently and on r/notmycountry you should preface your experience with context.
ime, plenty of people who choose to live downtown if they could afford to. but parasites have cornered housing supply to insure noone will own anything ever again