On 25 Oct 2006 08:51:51 -0700, Kev wrote:

The BBC had a feature on this on the news web site so it might be worth
searching for. The figures are from memory so don't quote me. 23% of
co2 in the UK comes from homes of which about 60% is heating and 20% is
hot water. About 10% was domestic electrical appliances. In essence the
amount used by appliances on standby is bugger all compared to heating
costs.
Another factor I find amazing is that if global warming is due to air
travel and car use why is air travel only responsible for 2% of global
co2 and car use responsible for 3.5% globally.
Seems somebody is telling porky pies here.

Kevin

Don't forget that all this standby and non-standby power used by
appliances ultimately gets turned into heat. So for at least part of
the year your standby/appliance power displaces heating, to some extent.
Obviously if you have air-con during the summer, the standby power
effectively produces _more_ waste, but I'm assuming normal people in
domestic situations (offices can do their own calculations).

If you really want to save energy, put on a sweater and don't wash.

Pete

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