TVs alone create 480′000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from wasted power per year, with VCRs producing double that.
Stereos, Consoles, DVD players and Set-top boxes, contribute more than 2 million further tonnes, bringing the total to 3.59m tonnes. That’s enough for a staggering 1.4 million long-haul flights.

The New Values Community carbon emissions trading blog has a graph showing the recent rise in prices for carbon emission rights.
The effects of expectations of a cold winter being now seen in the CER market, as the cold winter arrives?
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Prices for carbon emission rights have been rising since the New Year. The Lex column in the Financial Times has even considered the possibility of a price of 35 euros a tonne (subscription may be required).
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The BBC have reported that Britons [are] ‘accepting nuclear power’ following a poll of 1500 people.
The catch is that nuclear power is only acceptable if it can be shown to help fight climate change compared to currently used technology.
And with a small majority of just 54%, it should not be thought that nuclear power is [...]

The UK’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has just issued a report predicting that electricity prices will rise due partly to the EC carbon Emissions Trading Scheme, according to an article in today’s Financial Times:
“By 2010 consumers are expected to pay 12 per cent more in real terms for their electricity than in 2004 [...]