I was reminded this week, that nothing comes for free, whether it's relationships or health. One has to earn it and then it means something. For a long time, many have taken for granted the basic things like food, housing and energy. We live in a consumerist society which wants a pill for every ill, where relationships are transactional and replaceable. Work is undervalued but easy money celebrated but those days are over.

Last time the WHO made global recommendations that governments ran with and this time around, IEA (the international energy watchdog) makes recommendations to governments.

An agenda being enacted doesn't mean the war isn't real; just the same as with covid - the virus was definitely real.

The recommended actions are:

Work from home where possible to save petrol.
Reduce highway speed limits by at least 10km/h to reduce fuel usage.
Encourage public transport to reduce oil demand.
Limit car access to roads in large cities through a number-plate rotation scheme.
Increase car sharing.
Encourage efficient driving for commercial vehicles through load optimisation and vehicle maintenance.
Divert LPG use from transport to preserve it for essential needs like cooking.
Avoid air travel where possible.
Encourage electric cooking and other options to reduce reliance on LPG.
Help industrial facilities switch between different petrochemical feed stocks to free up LPG.

As we know from experience, first is voluntary then it's mandated with the ultimate goal of 15 minute cities, rations, digital ID, crushing of small and medium sized businesses,