The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) takes the glove from Josep Borrell and plans to cut off its

air conditioning and

heating systems

starting next Monday.

He does not do it for the geopolitical reasons put forward by the high representative of the EU.

But for economic reasons.

The public university of the archipelago, with

more than 10,000 students

on its campus, today adopted this decision in the face of the high increase in electricity and gas rates registered in recent months and especially aggravated in recent days.

As they have communicated from the university, the pressure that the price is experiencing places the entity in a situation of

"energy emergency"

that already began to take shape over the past year.

In 2021, according to data provided by the UIB,

2.4 million

euros were paid for the electricity bill for the entire Palma campus.

It was already a very important increase compared to the million euros that had been paid in previous years.

The forecast for 2022, if the current projection is followed, would raise the bill to an approximate figure of

6 million

euros.

Something that the university considers unaffordable and that would represent

4.8% of the budget

for this year.

For this reason, and in order not to jeopardize other budgetary areas, the UIB has made the decision to adopt a shock plan while it negotiates an exit with the Balearic government.

As of next Monday, "all air conditioning systems" will be canceled except those necessary to maintain

security

or research programs in

laboratories

and facilities with large concentrated consumption.

Students and the thousand teachers who work in its facilities have also been prohibited from using individual heating or cooling devices.

The

exterior lighting of the campus will be reduced by a third

, which, according to the UIB, will be offset by greater security in the residential areas of the campus.

The UIB, which emphasizes that this is an exceptional and conjunctural measure, had a plan to install photovoltaic panels with a horizon in the year 2030. Now it has announced that it will accelerate it to acquire more energy autonomy.

The measure is adopted in mid-March, a month in which temperatures tend to cool down in the Islands.

PSYCHOSIS

This is just one of the episodes of alarm that have been experienced today in the Balearic Islands, where throughout the first hours of Friday a psychosis has been unleashed that

has collapsed supermarkets and large surfaces

in the face of a possible shortage of supplies due to the transporters' strike.

A false message spread by the networks that warned of a shortage from Monday has unleashed a wave of compulsive purchases among part of the population, causing some supermarkets to be overwhelmed.

There have been no shortages but many shelves have been left empty at noon after the pressure registered in the morning.

"People have come to take away dozens of cans of preserves, vegetables, kilos of pasta and rice; it's amazing

," explained a saleswoman from one of the food chains.

"This reminds us of the start of the pandemic," noted another employee.

The message spread on networks and through messaging chains put into the mouth of a supposed carrier that

"we are mobilizing all of Christ and if it goes well on Monday, not even God moves us

; we are going to block Palma and all the towns."

The Transport Federation of the Balearic Islands (FEBT) has come out against these hoaxes denying that the strike will be supported.

He points out that it is false that there will be a shortage.

The federation has guaranteed full supply to the population this Friday.

He has been

against "the social alarm

that anonymous messages spread through social networks are causing in recent hours" around this issue.

The president of the Balearic Islands Freight Transport Business Association-FEBT,

Ezequiel Horrach

, has reiterated that the entity, which is part of the Spanish Freight Transport Confederation, has not called for any transport strike.

In this sense, from the FEBT they have lamented the consequences that are causing "the latest unfounded rumors that circulate through social networks that warn that from next Monday the Islands will suffer a shortage of products."

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