This column, often satirical but pointing to very real problems, is entitled "States of Donkey" and the column in question "Change of life"
(...) I have the impression that we will have, in the coming days or months, change life or at least lifestyle.
Our consumer society seems to have reached its limits and the excesses suggested in all areas have led many families to the brink and precariousness.
But as most of the needs that have been created to make us spend, lightly, hard-earned money are superfluous needs, we can quickly find a few ways to end each month in the green rather than in the red ...
Some tips gleaned here and there: first of all the heating of our houses, to heat all the parts of the house summer and winter with a temperature of 20 or 21 ° is a luxury which costs very dear now and which deprives us for a long time of it is a pleasure to gather in one part of the house, in which the human heat and the heat of the fire warm our hearts and our bodies.
Heated corridors, heated laundry room, permanently heated bathroom, for two thirty minutes of use, heated rooms ... etc ... help our resources to become poorer both in terms of the portfolio and the planet. The use of the sweater, banned for years in our countries, can help support one or two ° less in our homes, summer and winter! (note: ??? a sweater in summer ???)
Telecommunications then: so many unnecessary phone calls, so many SMS that are lost in the mass, all subscriptions to various services that, in view of their lack of use are so expensive ...
Food: simmering a dish allows pieces of meat a little less tender but much cheaper, to become succulent dishes, melting in the mouth without melting the door monaie! The use of larger, cheaper containers, avoid a huge packaging waste and sometimes decrease the price of a drink from 30 to 50%.
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To drive less, to travel less far, to avoid unnecessary travel, even and especially for short trips, to drive a little slower, save 1 or 2L on 100, save hundreds of euros every year, euros which today We are going up in smoke to gain a few minutes that we will spend ... to teleport or to spend: a vicious circle!
Well, I'll continue next time, it's so good to give lessons ... it would be good for me to apply ... myself!
Such a chronicle in the world or the figaro is for when?