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Dave: Hello!
See this?
Its the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo
..I said logo, not an igloo.
Penguin: Sorry Dave, not really one for logos me.
Dave: Ah, but if you see this logo on a product, then you're looking some of the most
energy efficient products you can buy.
Penguin: Oh yeah?
Dave: So, it will save you money, and help to fight climate change.
Penguin: All this climate change is making me sweat, keep going.
Dave: Well, if all the TV's sold in the UK in 2009 had this logo on,
guess how much money we'd have saved?
Penguin: Ummm, hit me with it.
Dave: Enough for every household in London to watch an episode of their favourite soap.
Penguin: Oooo am I supposed to be impressed?
Dave: Well, its not often I have a lightbulb moment...
Penguin: ...true...
Dave: ...but, energy saving lightbulbs last around 10times longer than your bog-standard one.
That will save you enough money to buy four paperbacks.
Penguin: Or icecream [slurping]
Dave: Well you say that - do you know your fridgefreezer works harder than any
other product in your kitchen? If you had an Energy Saving Trust Recommended one,
you'd be able to buy a tub of icecream every week for 4.5 months,
and use 60% less energy.
Penguin: I see your point Dave. Go put the kettle on.
Dave: The UK drinks 165 million cups of tea a day.
Kettles with the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo use 20% less energy.
Penguin: So, correct me if I'm wrong Dave, but if every house in the UK had one,
that would save enough energy to make over 12 billion cups of tea?
Thats 28 weeks of free tea, for every house?
Dave: Hurmf, I'm impressed!
Penguin: Thank you very much.
Dave: Did you know that Evergy Saving Trust Recommended laptops use 85% less energy
than most new desktops with a monitor, saving you £50 per year to run.
Enough to buy 3 printer cartridges...
Penguin: ...or I could play on it for longer.
Dave: Lets face it, we all like having the latest gadgets its part of how we live,
but it doesnt need to cost us the earth or our pockets.
Penguin: Soooo we just need to look for the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo
when we go shopping?
Dave: Yep, it's that simple.