https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/save-energy-by-showering-together-swiss-told/ar-AA11YLD4Save energy by showering together, Swiss told
Switzerland’s environment minister is promoting measures to reduce energy consumption by 15% this winter - and one of her suggestions is that the country's people have showers together. The Times reports Simonetta Sommaruga, 62, is suggesting people could "turn off the computer when you don’t need it, or turn off lights, or shower together”.
The proposal has been met with incredulity in the country and Ms Sommaruga has been forced into clarifying that the tip was intended for young people. She conceded that “after a certain age, showering together is no longer suitable for everyone”.
However, she added that the idea had broadly gone down well and resulted in encouraging awareness of the need to make savings in consumption over the winter months.
Geraldine Savary, editor of the women’s magazine Femina, is against the idea. She has accused ministers of seeking to “administer our private lives, down to the most trivial details”.