The new energy policy, from the user/citizen point of view, represents an opportunity to become relevant actors of the management of the common good.
Energy is a fundamental resource for development and has played an important role in key moments in contemporary history.
The 1974 oil crisis was a great impetus for the development of the technological innovations that enabled this consume less energy to obtain the same or greater level of comfort. It is the typical case that a threat turns into a great opportunity, according to the saying “necessity has the face of a heretic”.
LED lamps and inverter motors are two typical cases of tenfold increase in electricity consumption to air condition homes, preserve food and provide adequate lighting.
Now he presents it to us, starting from the cost of energy at the appropriate levelby stopping “pretending to hide the sun with our hands”, the opportunity to actively adhere to the paradigm of climate change management. Greenhouse gases are largely produced by the burning of fossil fuels that provide energy.
Face this reality, which means multiply the cost of gas and electricity bills by 10it is within our reach if we can move from inefficient consumption to inefficient consumption efficient consumption.
Without a doubt, this is a “cultural change” as it means on a diet to improve our health. Changing energy consumption habits will have a significant impact in the family economy, in the country and in the health of the planet. Measures such as those proposed below allow for energy savings of over 30%.
- Keeping warm instead of turning on the stove, avoiding knocks on doors and windows by placing weatherstripping, using fans instead of air conditioning, and turning off pilot lights on stoves and hot water tanks for several hours are measures that, if used correctly , reduce consumption.
- Some devices, such as timers, photoelectric cells and other electronic devices, allow you to use energy when you need it and save it when you don’t need it.
- The positioning of curtains and blinds allows correct use of lighting and the most important energy source, which is the sun.
The impact of the action of each Argentine family on the macroeconomy is enormous. Half of the fiscal deficit is explained by energy subsidies which function as a placebo this does not solve the problem of dealing with reality and transforming it from there.
Even subsidies for demand, i.e. for families, present us with the dilemma of whether to use them to consume or to pay part of the investment that the reduction in consumption entails, on the basis of modify inefficient devices or improve the conditions of thermal insulation of our homes.
Once again, the opportunity seems to be that of converting inefficient consumption into efficient investments, promoting investments that guarantee lower energy consumption.
This will have an impact on public finances which will have surpluses to export and will have key resources for the country’s development. To give an idea of the latter, at the public hearing on energy subsidies on February 29, Dr. Salvador Gil presented us with the proposal to adapt energy consumption in the south of the country to European standards and thus replace imports of Bolivian gas, which costs twice as much as local production.
Once again we have the opportunity to be agents of the change we desire.
Source: Clarin
