The cat in the chair by the battery. Archive photoMOSCOW, 28 Apr. Residents of European countries should reduce the temperature in the rooms to 18 degrees Celsius to reduce dependence on gas supplies from Russia. Financial Times columnist Chris Giles writes about this. According to the British journalist, people «supporting Ukraine» are required to use less fuel. This would allow the West to avoid a cold and gloomy winter, he believes. The consulting company Cambridge Energy has calculated that an ambitious enough reduction in the temperature of rooms from 20°C to 18°C across Europe will reduce energy consumption by 20-25%. «Such a result, certainly achievable. Houses in the UK have become five degrees warmer in the last 40 years. We can wear more layers of clothes, use blankets and buy effective battery-heated jackets,» says Giles. Ukraine, the West has stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Many countries have announced the freezing of Russian assets, and calls to abandon energy sources have become louder. All this has already turned into problems for the US and Europe, provoking an increase in fuel and food prices. The British ridiculed the Poles who lost Russian gas
