Smog hits Athens, residents resort to wood-burning for heat

Petros Giannakouris / AP

Haze of smoke hangs over the city skyline in Athens, early Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The cloud is the result of a massive switch to wooden stoves and fireplaces for heating as many households, already hard hit by the economic crisis, can not afford to buy heating oil after the cash-strapped government decided to harmonize taxes on heating oil and diesel fuel, leading to a 40 percent  rise in the price of heating oil.

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Comment author avatarMIKE-679507

get ready USA...this is going to happen here also...big oil needs bigger profits and our gov't will let them rape us....

    Reply#1 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 10:54 AM EST
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