Did anyone see the scare story on BBC 6 O'Clock News tonight.
They had some *+^%$ who was a "power detective" go through someone's house, and point out the error of their ways.
Whilst I agree we should all be doing more to conserve energy, the two things that really stood out as b*ll*cks were
1) the fridge was "only" energy efficiency banding B - it needed to be improved (to A or A+, next bands up - I would have understood if it had be C or D, but B!!!!)
2) the "energy defective" stated that equipment on standby consumed 90% of the electricity that would be used by the equipment if it were still on. What utter garbage! - at the bottom of the link below from Strathclyde University, it states that on average, standby consumes 13% of full power usage, and this is including worst possible case.
http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/W...fo/Standby.htm
I think we need to do more, but scare-mongering and bad reporting is not the way to do it.
ps My house is double-glazed, with loft and wall insulation, energy saving bulbs, and we switch the TV and PC off at night (but not the HiFi, SetTop Box, or HD recorder - they go to standby, as I don't wish to reset clocks every day).