SAVE OUR PLANET

* A PC monitor left on all night uses enough energy to print with laser 800 of A4 pages.
* If every house from Great Britain would put even a light bulb that saves electricity, it would save enough electricity to feed 3 million homes for 1 year.
* 25% of the population uses 80% of electricity available.
* A light bulb that saves electricity, reduce electricity consumption by 80% compared to a normal light bulb.
* TV, printer, computer or other electronic device left in stand-by consumes between 40% and 70% of the energy they would consume if it was lit, which means an unnecessary extra expense and a waste of energy.
* A laundry its reduce electricity consumption by one third if it wash at 40 degrees C instead of 60 degrees C.
* Heat-insulated houses require less heat in the winter. The bare walls are to lose 35% of heat, while the other 25 percent are lost due to a bare roof.
* Reduce the temperature by just one degree Celsius may shrink heating bill by 10%.
* Seven of every ten trips in the UK are made with car.
* In the UK, at the peak, nearly one in five cars carrying children to school.
* The proportion of children between 5 and 16 years who go to school by car rose from 16% in 1985 to 28% in 1996 / 8, while the use of bicycle in transport has fallen from 4% to 1% and walking became less frequent, decreasing from 59% to 49% in British preferences.