e-day ?

[lnr]

I've just heard of this on Facebook: http://www.e-day.org.uk/

The idea is that for 24 hours starting from 6pm today we should all leave off any electrical appliances that are not in use. And on their webpage they'll try and chart the day's energy usage compared to a normal day.

In my case I think all I can do is:

• Turn off microwave at wall. This will reset the clock.
• Turn off computers at wall: this will make no difference to computer, monitor or speakers, as they're turned off properly instead of on standby anyway, but will turn off the camera charger.
• Be a bit more careful with lights.

The stereo is off at the wall, phone chargers aren't left plugged in, the kettle and toaster don't use any electricity except when in use. Ah, I can also unplug the video from the four-way block when we've got it turned on to use the telly and DVD player. They're all in the same strip and we turn that off when not in use. Edit Oooh, and we can turn off the ADSL modem too. Can't really turn off the DECT phones or we'll have no handset upstairs.

It's really not going to make much difference, is it?

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[lnr]

I have to admit to being thoroughly amused that so far consumption seems to have been approximately 1% *above* average. I wonder if that's an average for the whole year, rather than for weekdays in February. One might expect consumption to be higher in winter.

But with only 1000 or so people on Facebook taking part, and the apparent complete lack of publicity until the day, I suspect only a very tiny part of the UK population is participating. Making it even harder for tiny changes to make a measurable difference that isn't just lost in the noise.

I *think* e-day was working on the assumption that most people taking part would be able to make more savings that I did though.