notpastityet? wrote:
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I dont keep lights on in my house so again saving is limited. I still find
low energy bulbs a bit dull ( old age and I cant read in the dimmer light
they most definitely in my view produce).

Well.
While low energy bulbs do produce less light than some ordinary bulbs,
replacing one ordinary 100W bulb with 3 '100W equivalent' bulbs still
saves a bit of energy, and produces a hell of a lot more light.

I suspect a lot of energy is used by relatively few and many like me are
using a lot less than propaganda suggests. This has to be an if the cap fits
scenario.

If everyone were to buy new stuff now, it'd be lots more energy
efficient.
(in general).
For example, I have a fridge and a freezer.
Replacing with a new combined unit, with the same amount of space would
save some 50 quid a year - according to measurements, and pay back in
maybe 4 years.
It's almost not possible to buy a freezer as inefficient as I have at
the moment.