[danielf]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

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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).

This post by Stuart C suggests that the STB may still be using a fair amount of energy in standby. But otherwise, yes. I agree with most of what you say.