In a month of war in the Middle East the world has changed. Everything is now different, our way of thinking, of living, of making a living. Even fear is no longer the same. We believed we had found serenity after two years of darkness in the grip of the pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine. And instead, the bombs in the Gulf countries have brought us back to an insecure and bloody land. Now nothing is taken for granted anymore and the wounds caused by hatred are not only those that remain on the walls of buildings torn apart by bombs. There are even more marked signs, glimpses of the discomfort that sinks, rises, resurrects and scrapes the economic fabric. Italy is suffering, struggling, the oil crisis and the export block have made it more fragile and vulnerable. The prices of electricity and gas are rising, while those at the petrol and diesel pump remain steadily high. And, in the background, looms the shadow of energy poverty which in Italy affects around 5.3 million Italians, equal to 2.4 million families.
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