will turning off the lights and stop leaving things on stand-by really make a difference?

Answer 1

I suppose youwant the stock answer its all right to leave your hot rollers on all night if your parents are paying the billls . However Sydney siders are switching off thier lights this saturday to see the beautiful night sky . Possibly it will lead to an awarness of Leaving a lighter carbo foot print , but ther e again Australians are quicker to pick up inovative ideas and solve problems than the stubborn Masochistic British

Answer 2

Yes. It is a common misconception that stand-by is practically the same thing as off. If something is on stand-by, it is still on. Same with the lights. Why leave them on when you don't need them? You get exercise in your fingers, you keep your bill down, and you help the environment. Seems like a small sacrifice--actually, it's not even a sacrifice.

Answer 3

Yes

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned in any of these answers yet is power outages. When the are heat waves or cold spells people tend to crank up the air conditioning or heat. When you get a whole region do this we wind up with balckouts. So turning your lights off and not leaving things on standby would ease the burden of the power infrastructure.

Answer 4

Yes 77watts of energy per year can produce 800,000 tonnes of carbon, exactly what consumers are omitting per year in Britain when electrical devices are left on standby (www.energystar.gov). Every year the UK spends 1.2billion lighting their homes, which usually accounts for 10-15% of the average consumers electricity bill Furthermore if every consumer in the UK turned of lights when a room is vacant, Britain would save enough electricity to light up a whole street for a year. So everyone can make a differnce collectively

Answer 5

It will reduce the risk of a fire in your home and you will notice a slight drop in your bills.

I'm guessing your wondering if it will save the planet - I'm unsure. I personally think the whole idea is "Turn things off so we do not have to produce so much electricity". However, when you bear in mind the REAL high users of electricity are industry and the amount that they use daily, us trying to reduce our consumption will not make much difference.

Its like giving up your dessert to a greedy person.

Answer 6

It will make a difference in your electricity bills yes.

Apparently if you turn tv's off rather than leaving them on stand by your bill can come down 15%

Answer 7

I think so. I once worked in a very large building, and was told that they could have employed a person just to turn off the lights in order to save money. It may have been true.

Answer 8

Every little bit helps - If everyone turned off that light or TV think off all the electricity that amounts to.

Answer 9

a normal t.v on stand-by will cost about 30 to 40 pounds over a year

Answer 10

Yes they will make a huge difference. Both to your electricity bill and to the environment.