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Re: Free *wireless* electricity monitors by 2008


  • Subject: Re: Free *wireless* electricity monitors by 2008
  • From: "Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:37:01 -0000

I wonder how much energy will be wasted manufacturing and shipping
~25 million of these unrecyclable gadgets, most of which will be
thrown away (landfill).

More importantly, how much more of our money are they going to waste
before they get kicked out...




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "John Murray" <John.Murray@...>
wrote:
>
> David Miliband was on the telly this morning announcing that we
would
> all be given free wireless electricity monitors by 2008.  They
showed
> one on TV, that was the size of a calculator, and showed how much
the
> current power usage was costing in pence/hour.  The idea is that
as you
> turn stuff off, you immediately see the savings.
>
>
>
> I cannot find anything on the net about it yet, to see whose meter
they
> are using.  Anyone else see it?
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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