Archive for July, 2006

Germany defends plan

5th 2006f July, 2006, Peter

Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, has written to the FT to defend his Government’s allocation plans for Phase II of the European carbon emissions scheme.
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Household Energy Consumption Doubled Since 1972

5th 2006f July, 2006, Jez

The Energy Saving Trust has just released a report, The Rise of the Machines (4.83MB PDF), showing that between 1972 and 2002, electricity consumed by household domestic appliances doubled, and is anticipated to rise by a further 12% by 2010.
Electricity used by consumer electronics, currently totalling 16% of domestic electricity consumption, is predicted to double [...]