After more than 20 years without an increase in the price of electricity, Taiwan is suddenly encouraging saving energy. But unless the public is also made aware of the reasons for conservation-climate change and energy scarcity-it may return to its spendthrift ways when crude oil prices fall or it becomes accustomed to the higher prices.
台灣二十多年沒調升的電價，固然促成了「節能」風潮，問題是，如果民眾對氣候變遷和能源匱乏沒有清楚認知，會不會等油價回落，或心理調適過後，又回到原來的生活模式？