What have you turned off to save energy?

Suprise, suprise - It was a British Gas report that came out.

I guess that when everyone looks at their direct debits and gets a shock British Gas will come along and say 'Look we told you so' and it's all OUR fault with all the devices on standby

Complete rubbish as usual re: TVs on standby:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/energy-cl...roducts/mode-standby-and-networked-standby_en

Love how the energy industry uses loaded words all the time.. "Vampire" devices are bad, "Smart" meters are good because they are "Smart" o_O
 
I get my electric free. I figured if the energy companies are saving on the meter readers, and can’t be bothered to send anyone round. the .gov crew are cashing in on tax and covid scams and expenses, I may as well jump on the band wagon. After all in the grand scheme of things it’s pennies, and lets be honest , hardly rocket science.
 
I tuned the thermostat down a degree and I hand wash the dishes a lot more now rather than cram them into the DW.
I'm one of life's savers not spenders. To me, increased costs means I'll save less now than I used too. A year from now I'm hoping both our lads will be in full time employment so normal service will resume.
 
joe384 said:
"Vampire" devices are bad,
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:mrgreen: I love the way the words crop up in various areas - vampire. Nice choice. Stakeholders when the gov wants to interfere with something. A White Paper is an interesting one. Why White.
 
JohnD said:
Ah.........
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Good link, thank you. It's more to do with the fact that I am now on a site where we prefer to make our own tea, so that means washing my snap bag contents (cups, spoon, milk container etc) as soon as I get in from work. So I do any other dishes that are about. I'll even take the odd item out of the dishwasher and wash that. Generally, our dishwasher is crammed before it is used, so (according to the link) a good thing.
 
JP_ said:
Yeah, but you can wash a lot of stuff with cold water if you do it straight away. Cleans it perfectly well and no energy required.
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I'm not a fan. Anything with any amount of oil based residue will struggle to wash properly without a lot of effort. We do rinse with cold water though and it saves a lot of effort later on.
 
noseall said:
I'm not a fan. Anything with any amount of oil based residue will struggle to wash properly without a lot of effort. We do rinse with cold water though and it saves a lot of effort later on.
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I don't use the DW very often, most often it is done in the kitchen sink, less dirty first, working through to the dirtier items. The very worst items, like a frying pan, will have some washing water added to them, then be put on the stove to simmer. Plates cups are rinsed under cold as soon as they are finished with, ready for washing. I have the cold water on at a drizzle in the half sink, so once out of the washing up bowl, I can give them a quick final rinse before setting them to drain, under a just trickling cold tap. The quick rinse under the cold, means they still retain some heat, so they quickly dry - I don't use tea towels, just rinsing and leaving to dry is more hygienic. I'm careful with water, because we have a water meter, in an expensive water area.
 
want to save energy and water ?

Any one who has got a dog ???

get them to lick the plates and bowls clean :idea:
 
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