I've spent a lifetime turning lights off in rooms I'm not using. Years ago it was because there was no spare money to waste. I was born at the end of the war - Frugality was built in. It became a habit & I actually felt slightly uncomfortable if I was in homes where people left all the lights on all the time - Even when they weren't at home.
If you have lived on a very fixed income with no savings you are mindful of every penny. Even though I don't have money worries now I can't bear waste or profligate spending. It's ingrained in my DNA.
Bearing that in mind I don't understand & am a little irritated by the targeting the public to save energy by switching everything off apart from routers, fridge freezers & printers. Why not the bigger wasters of electricity like office & public buildings, advertising lighting in places like Piccadilly Circus & street lighting on motorways at night.......? There are huge energy savings to be made.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107502/Energy_Trends_September_2022.pdf
Individually we do all need to do our bit for the benefit of everyone & the world we live in. It is in our own interest & there are a lot of us. But it must be a drop in the ocean in comparison to what could be achieved by commercial & industrial organisations. It is in their interest too, to reduce costs & increase profits. Obviously transport & agriculture also use huge amounts of electricity & could probably make savings too.
We need to look at the whole picture in order to meet targets for the Climate Emergency. There isn't much time to achieve sustainability & stop using fossil fuels. Just flying at night shows the whole world lit up. An added bonus would be the end of light pollution. We could actually see the stars & the natural world would benefit too.
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