Lights out: Europe saves energy as Russian gas wanes
A glowing neon hotel sign as apartment lights remain off in residential buildings at night in Paris, France, on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Although economic expansion in France beat expectations by a distance, the European energy crisis is pushing up t PARIS (AP) - Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris' darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights.Click.
Click. Click.One by one, the outdoor lights that stores had left on are extinguished. It's one small but symbolic step in a giant leap of energy saving that Europe is trying to make as it rushes to wean itself off natural gas and oil from Russia so factories aren't forced to close and homes stay heated and powered.Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere.
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