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Throw away attitude
"K" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes If you believe saving energy is important then I can assure you that brand new white goods (Fridges/freezers/washers etc) are considerably more efficient than 10 year old models. If you're starting from a position of needing a new fridge, yes. How do the calculations go when it's a choice of a) using the old one another 5-10 years, compared with b) manufacture a new one 5-10 years earlier than otherwise, and dispose of the old one 5-10 years earlier -- Kay I don't know and worse than that it is almost impossible to get the figures to do the calculation. I doubt that any correct calculated data is available. Perhaps all goods should have a sticker which states "Energy used to make this":-) Incidentally I did replace and old fridge with a new one on the basis that the energy saving cost (to me) negated the new cost before the estimated demise of the new fridge. I think that demonstrates the general misconceptions about environmental and economic issues:-) |
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