Saturday, March 26, 2011

Spain on a Mission to Save Energy

In an effort to combat rising oil prices worldwide due to the Middle East unrest, Spain has announced a series of energy saving measures. These include cuts in the speed limit and also lower priced train tickets in a move to get its citizens to use more of the public transport facilities.

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said, “The goal is to reduce the consumption of oil and gas to reduce our energy bill which has risen in recent days and which we do not forecast will drop.” The Deputy Prime Minister also added that the measures are just temporary, though he did not clarify as to till when these will be in effect.

Read more at Energy Business Daily

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