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- 20/08/2010: Simple energy saving measures at home could cut more CO2 than thought
- 18/08/2010: Could you do better with the UK energy policy for 2050?
- 15/08/2010: Rice yields to fall under global warming
- 13/08/2010: Record global temperatures, Moscow heat caused by climate change
- 01/08/2010: Energy revolution could put bills up by a third
- 01/08/2010: Global warming evidence is unmistakable
- 16/06/2010: Breakdown of CO2 emissions in UK homes
- 16/06/2010: Water Energy Calculator
- 23/04/2010: Roadworks - good or bad?
- 31/03/2010: Top 10 Energy Saving Gadgets
Archive for March 2010
Top 10 Energy Saving Gadgets
31/03/2010 by admin.
The confused.com website has come up with a list of the Top 10 Energy Saving Gadgets.
Some are more useful that others… take a look here to see the list.
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10:10 Lighter Later
31/03/2010 by admin.
The people over at 10:10 have a campaign to keep the UK’s clocks one hour ahead all year round, so winter would be GMT +1 hour, and summer would be GMT +2 hours. This would move one hour of daylight from the morning to the evening, when most people would be awake to enjoy it.
You can find more info, and can sign up, on the 10:10 Lighter Later website.
What has this to do with Green Saving?
They have listed many benefits of this change, but the main one is cutting at least 447,000 tonnes of CO2 pollution each year. The list of benefits can be found here. Another key benefit is that it will save 100 lives each year by making the roads safer.
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Large drop in CO2 emissions for new cars in UK
09/03/2010 by admin.
The average CO2 emissions for new cars in the UK in 2009 dropped by 5.4% from 158.0g/km in 2008 to just 149.5g/km.
This compares with 177.6g/km in 2001, and has been dropping every year since.
This large drop is partly thanks to the scrappage scheme. The average emissions of cars bought through the scrappage scheme so far is a low 133.3g/km, which is 26.8% less than the old, inefficient cars being scrapped.
All of this is good news. Hopefully they will keep on dropping each year in the future as well. The EU has set a target of 130g/km for new car emissions by 2015, and at this rate we should hit it.
More details, including emission rates for each year, can be found on the What Car website.
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Met Office : Evidence of human link even stronger
09/03/2010 by admin.
The UK Met Office has said that it is now even clearer that it is human activities that is behind climate change, after analysing 110 research papers on the subject.
More details can be found here.
The UK Met Office section on Climate Change, which includes much more information, can be found here.
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