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graphic: light bulb Example of public policy change: Australian Environment Minister, plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. He said the move could cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tonnes by 2012. Full story from BBC

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A one degree C reduction in thermostat temperature reduces energy consumption by up to 10%

A computer monitor left on overnight wastes enough energy to laser print 800 A4 pages

A photocopier left on overnight wastes enough energy to make 5,300 A4 copies.

Portable disposable batteries- consume 50 times more energy in their production than they provide!

Lighting accounts for 20% of the total UK energy demand.

The common light bulb with tungsten filament uses 10% of the electricity it consumes to produce light - 90% is wasted as heat.

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http://today.reuters.com/ LONDON (Reuters) - The British capital set out on Tuesday (Feb 27th 07)to become the greenest city in the world with a radical climate action plan to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent within 20 years in the battle against global warming.

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