Comments on: Who is the “cold man of Europe”? https://energytransition.org/2015/12/who-is-the-cold-man-of-europe/ The Global Energiewende Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Is 330,00 German households without power a lot? - FueladdictsFueladdicts https://energytransition.org/2015/12/who-is-the-cold-man-of-europe/#comment-6071 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:03:23 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=9563#comment-6071 […] UK, for instance, speaks of “energy poverty” when a household spends more than 10% of its income on energy. Germany doesn’t use […]

]]> By: heinbloed https://energytransition.org/2015/12/who-is-the-cold-man-of-europe/#comment-4591 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:58:53 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=9563#comment-4591 Re. higher than the equivalent wage ….

The German supermarket chain Lidl is paying now a living wage in the UK:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/18/lidl-to-pay-9000-staff-the-full-living-wage

Aldi didn’t wait:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11953908/Aldi-trumps-rivals-with-living-wage-hike.html

Somehow these homes have to be heated.

]]> By: heinbloed https://energytransition.org/2015/12/who-is-the-cold-man-of-europe/#comment-4590 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:52:56 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=9563#comment-4590 Nearly 19% of French households are cold, the people can’t afford to heat their homes properly:

http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/France/Mal-logement-une-situation-qui-s-aggrave-2015-12-17-1394137
(in French)

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/46/46909/1.html
(in German)

Since we know that thousands of British people die every winter because of their cold homes we might ask what ‘cheap’ atom power costs.
There are still duds out there who claim the atom power being harmless.

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