ApocaDocs: Under A Cloud Of Austerity, Real Smoke Clouds Greece As Well

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Posted Tue Jan 22 2013: from NPR:


	Under A Cloud Of Austerity, Real Smoke Clouds Greece As Well http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1358870586 In this winter of austerity and Depression-era unemployment, a fog of woodsmoke hangs over the Greek capital on cold nights. It's coming from the tens of thousands of fireplaces and wood-burning stoves Athenians are using to heat their homes. Most can no longer afford heating oil, the price of which has risen 40 percent since last year. The government also cut a fuel subsidy for low-income families earlier this month. Some Greeks buy cheap firewood; others used their discarded Christmas trees as kindling. The most desperate are burning old furniture and raiding protected forests. Someone even hacked away the remains of a 3,000-year-old olive tree where Plato is said to have taught.

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'Doc Michael says:

This all sounds positively post-Apocalyptic!