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In addition to a reduction in the maximum speed, the IEA's ten-point plan also suggests that people work from home more often.

If the government decides to lower the speed limit on highways in order to save oil, the majority of Dutch people would support this. Sixty percent support the saving measure suggested by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This is apparent from a survey by ANP/LocalFocus in collaboration with Kieskompas.

Due to the war in Ukraine, the IEA called on governments last month to take several emergency measures regarding oil consumption. Gasoline and diesel are both products that are extracted from crude oil. The organization therefore proposes to lower the speed limit by 10 kilometers per hour.

Kieskompas presented this savings measure between 24 and 29 March to a representative group of almost 4000 adult Dutch people. Six in ten Dutch people are in favor of a speed reduction, one in three is even 'certainly' behind 90 kilometers per hour during the day and 120 in the evenings and early morning. On the other hand, a quarter would categorically disagree with a lower maximum speed. Another 15 percent probably also disagree, but are less outspoken in that opinion.

Left and right

The research also shows that people who voted for a left-wing party during the last parliamentary elections are more likely to support the speed reduction than right-wing voters. Among PVV voters, one in three is in favor of this austerity measure, among VVD voters half and among voters of, for example, GroenLinks, that is nine out of ten. Women are also more likely to support this measure than men, and older people have less difficulty with it than younger people.

In addition to a reduction of the maximum speed, the IEA's ten-point plan also suggests working from home more often, carpooling more often and introducing car-free Sundays in major cities.

The European Union is currently working on plans for a boycott of Russian oil, but member states are not yet in agreement.

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The European Union is currently working on plans to boycott Russian oil
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