As the saying goes, stretch as long as your blanket lasts. A normal thinking person clearly observes this, and accordingly tried to keep his gas and electricity consumption under control.
However, due to the energy crisis, a lot of average families will find themselves in a difficult situation, as the subsidy announced with reference to statistics is 210 kWh per month for electricity, i.e. 2523 kWh per year, and 144 cubic meters per month for gas, i.e. 1729 cubic meters per year. It should only be noted in parentheses that statistics is a good science because everything can be proven with it.
After all, the average family consumes somewhat more than this. It is no coincidence that large families get a bigger discount, rightly so.
Well, so far there has been no mention of what will happen to those families where three or four generations live together with one gas and one electricity meter. If we remember correctly, the family-friendly government also propagated this way of life, and apparently due to financial considerations, attics were converted into housing for young people, because there was not enough space for an independent apartment. Grandparents, young people, grandchildren, and even great-grandparents live there. So we can modestly say that there are at least two independent households with one consumption meter each.
Old pensioners can barely get by at 18-19 degrees, but a two- or three-year-old child needs a bit more, not to mention if there is a newborn at home. You can't shower a baby yet, it needs a tub of warm water, not to mention the daily washing after the children and the list goes on.
While we understand - as Viktor Orbán said - the European economy shot itself in the lungs with the sanctions and is gasping for air, which we also feel, but if the Hungarian people are already being protected compared to the possibilities, then multi-generational families should also be taken into account. Because if a mother and father and three children are considered a large family, then why is a family of seven or eight members living under one roof not considered one, but at least two households. In this case too, they would consume more, but perhaps approach the average consumption per household.
Because according to the information so far, it is impossible to pay several hundred thousand forints per month for utilities from a pension, from the GYES and from a salary that is much less than the statistical gross average income.
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