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| Just_another_Dave:
During the last week some major newspapers and tv channels in Spain have been talking about a communication from the Austrian government advising their citizens to prepare for an energy shortage in Europe in the next 5 years (for example in this link it is covered by abc: https://www.abc.es/economia/abci-austria-prepara-ciudadanos-para-posible-apagon-gran-escala-202110251949_noticia.html ). Due to the overall quality of news, I haven’t found any links to the official communication in them, making it difficult to verify their statements. Has anybody in this forum read the official communication and/or the given recommendations that newspapers are mentioning? |
| DC1MC:
The Austrian government tried to publish a bit of guidelines in an attempt to convince the completely apathetic population to be a bit more prepared in case of a blackout and don't freeze to death or starve if the power goes off for a couple of days: https://www.bundesheer.at/archiv/a2021/blackout/blackout.shtml (google translate should do it) EDIT A bit more of it: https://www.saurugg.net/2020/blog/krisenvorsorge/blackout-gefahr-sehr-real-bundesheer-ruft-zur-vorsorge-auf (The older people are bit more prepared with at least a bit of provisions and tools, but the carefree youngsters if their food delivery service stops and the stores are closed, they just die, same with the water and electricity, if Netflix or, God forbid, Internet stops for a week, they're done, if one mentions that they should have the minimum of water and food supplies at home and another flashlight than their phone has, they look strange to and ask "but why..." with big round eyes, if you talk a bit more of preparedness like some emergency medical kit (they don't how to use it anyway), canned food or, the horror, a small portable generator, you're deep in the conspiracy theory :palm:) Then of course, the press and politicians took this as a nice talking point to boost their agenda, from global warming to Pootin bad to whatever. Basically that's all of it. Cheers, DC1MC |
| Just_another_Dave:
--- Quote from: DC1MC on November 01, 2021, 06:30:25 am ---The Austrian government tried to publish a bit of guidelines in an attempt to convince the completely apathetic population to be a bit more prepared in case of a blackout and don't freeze to death or starve if the power goes off for a couple of days: https://www.bundesheer.at/archiv/a2021/blackout/blackout.shtml (google translate should do it) EDIT A bit more of it: https://www.saurugg.net/2020/blog/krisenvorsorge/blackout-gefahr-sehr-real-bundesheer-ruft-zur-vorsorge-auf (The older people are bit more prepared with at least a bit of provisions and tools, but the carefree youngsters if their food delivery service stops and the stores are closed, they just die, same with the water and electricity, if Netflix or, God forbid, Internet stops for a week, they're done, if one mentions that they should have the minimum of water and food supplies at home and another flashlight than their phone has, they look strange to and ask "but why..." with big round eyes, if you talk a bit more of preparedness like some emergency medical kit (they don't how to use it anyway), canned food or, the horror, a small portable generator, you're deep in the conspiracy theory :palm:) Then of course, the press and politicians took this as a nice talking point to boost their agenda, from global warming to Pootin bad to whatever. Basically that's all of it. Cheers, DC1MC --- End quote --- Thanks, I was looking for those guides to know what they actually say, but, as I don’t know German and finding a reference in a newspaper is a miracle, I was having a hard time doing so hahaha I think that publishing a short guide on how people should be prepared just in case a problem occurs is a nice thing. Last year it snowed in Madrid more than usual and the city got paralyzed for an entire week just because nobody had shovels (snow usually melts while it drops, so we normally just need to care about ice forming in the streets) |
| DavidAlfa:
So that's why we've had so much zombie apocalypse hype all these years! :-DD Jokes apart, they're bad news, but I also like the fact that we've finally seen there're no unlimited sources and how dependant we are. Very much like any other big country, like USA messing with Huawei. World powers thinking they're untouchable and can control anything, until Russia starts drops the oil cost or stops selling GLP. Recently China stopped selling magnesium, being the global providers of the 80%. And today Morocco cutted off a huge gas pipeline to Spain. Playing economic war is dangerous, WW III is coming! |
| DC1MC:
--- Quote from: DavidAlfa on November 01, 2021, 09:46:03 am ---So that's why we've had so much zombie apocalypse hype all these years :-DD --- End quote --- A zombie apocalypse is not necessary, two weeks without power and running water and the nice city 10+ stories buildings will became literally shitholes. But this is difficult to express in a cinematic way, zombies are way cooler :-DD |
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