"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Tests have shown the effect lasts less than 3 months. Then it
backfires when people realise that boiling a kettle, running the
washing machine, etc costs vastly less than they would have guessed
beforehand, they stop worrying about energy use and consumption
goes up.

How many boil a kettle just for the fun of it? Do a washing load because
they're bored and it didn't need doing?

If you had electric heating an the meter told you that lowering the
temperature would save you money, some might take notice. But do they
really need to be told that leaving things on when not needed wastes
money?

Some do need to be told that if they do most of their clothes drying
and dishwashing in the middle of the night at the cheapest rate, that
that will save them say £30 a year etc.