When Patrick and I decided to measure the power that household appliances drew on standby, an hour's investigation turned out to be very instructive .
The standby power of the TV was a staggering 74 watts - enough to light the whole house using energy saving bulbs. And the common myth that leaving flourescent lights on rather than turning them off and on saves electricity proved to be a complete fallacy. The startup surge of a flourescent lamp amounts to only a few seconds worth of run-time consumption.
Anyone who thinks that building a new generation of nuclear power plants to supply a nation of incandescent bulbs and equipment left on standby has clearly lost the plot.
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