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Agatha Englebert's avatar

The total costs of the power outage for Spain was given as 400 million, that is 0,4 billion euros and not 2,5 or 4,5 billion. The first guesses or estimations were exaggerated.

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Bronwyn's avatar

I am glad to hear this

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KL's avatar

Wow you guys got soooo lucky! :-o

Honestly as someone who got their driver's license in the '90s, is very strange to think about a world where people lack the capacity to drive without navigation apps. Like, ummm, try just knowing where things are! In your own head! My personal ambition is to be like some 1960s London cab driver with The Knowledge but I realize that's a weird priority now.

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Bronwyn's avatar

We really did get lucky!!! Such a close call in so many ways lmao.

UM YES, having 1960s cab driver knowledge is honestly the ultimate flex imo. It's embarrassing so many people don't know what street they're on without a phone 😭

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KL's avatar

In your opinion, are people in Europe on their phones in public as much as Americans are? I was on transit the other day and it was literally every single person.

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Bronwyn's avatar

In my experience — if you’re on transit/the sidewalk then it definitely feels equal to America, but in cafes and restaurants it feels less phone-centric (partly also because a lot of spaces discourage laptop use as well, so it kind of spreads to phones)

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