▲ 31 ▼ UK could face three-day working week if war in Iran continues for too long (metro.co.uk) submitted 8 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mub@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago (3 children) Cut unnecessary travel, e.g. the office commute. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago* (2 children) Travel restriction for license plates ending in even, odd number/letter per day. Keep fuel price high, limit 200 L of fuel per month per person. No limits for cars with a < 1 L engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mub@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Too complicated and will piss people off. The real answer is to have the cost absorbed by the energy companies first until they run out of profits. THEN we can look at it hitting people directly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Alternatively have you considered letting energy companies offset the price entierly to the consumer and then also giving them a tax rebate once the crisis is over to account for the increase in costs that they didn't even pay themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago* (2 children) Travel restriction for license plates ending in even, odd number/letter per day. Keep fuel price high, limit 200 L of fuel per month per person. No limits for cars with a < 1 L engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mub@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Too complicated and will piss people off. The real answer is to have the cost absorbed by the energy companies first until they run out of profits. THEN we can look at it hitting people directly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Alternatively have you considered letting energy companies offset the price entierly to the consumer and then also giving them a tax rebate once the crisis is over to account for the increase in costs that they didn't even pay themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mub@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Too complicated and will piss people off. The real answer is to have the cost absorbed by the energy companies first until they run out of profits. THEN we can look at it hitting people directly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Alternatively have you considered letting energy companies offset the price entierly to the consumer and then also giving them a tax rebate once the crisis is over to account for the increase in costs that they didn't even pay themselves? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago Alternatively have you considered letting energy companies offset the price entierly to the consumer and then also giving them a tax rebate once the crisis is over to account for the increase in costs that they didn't even pay themselves? permalink fedilink source parent