The skinflint in me is just loving the French right now. They are
turning off their lights at night and saving themselves 200 million
euros a year and enough power to supply 750,000 families.
It's a
brilliant idea - just turn it off when you leave. Office blocks will
have an hour after close of business to switch off or face fines. So
Parisiennes will not be seeing those glittering towers and wondering how
much that is putting on their bills.
It all comes down to the
rest of us in the end, because they all pass the charges on down to the
little man. Some people are objecting, saying that the capital's
reputation as the city of light will be damaged. Maybe. We'll all just
call it the city of sense instead.
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