Chinese households are beginning to feel the pinch of Beijing’s push to decarbonize the economy as a summer of high energy prices and low electricity supply force local authorities to ration electricity usage.
Blackouts across several of China’s northern provinces switched traffic and street lights off last weekend, causing miles-long traffic jams in several cities. Residents of high-rise apartment buildings were forced to take the stairs in some cities where building management suspended elevator services to conserve electricity. On Sunday, the provincial energy administration in China’s southern Guangdong province called for residents to stop using air conditioning and rely on natural light instead of electric bulbs.
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И это еще без всякого успеха "зеленых" на выборах... Похоже степень уязвимости современной цивилизации изрядно недооценена.