Making a difference

[cath_er_ine]

I spend a lot of time worrying about my impact on the World (along with a few other things...) and I have realized that this is pointless without action. Instead of worrying about all and sundry I need to pick something to worry about and then turn that worry into action, for example reduction of carbon footprint. There are too many things to

Comments

[omylouse]

Regarding standby mode John Medany has stong views on this based on a study done at work that it works out etter with moden kit to use standby as turning of & on reduces the life & means you have to buy a new one sooner... A least I think that was it...

[cath_er_ine]

Everything I've read so far has been against that. Would need proof!

[luckykaa]

John has many strong opinions...

It does depend on a lot of factors though. You can buy a plug in meter to measure consumption when on and off.

[cath_er_ine]

It would be very complicated to work out exact usage of on and off versus left on though. My TV tends go on and off once per day (each) so I very much doubt it would use less energy if left on (standby) all day instead of being turned off. It's also not very modern anyway!