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Throw away attitude
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:31:37 GMT, "Alan Holmes" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:18:41 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message m... On 25 Jan 2007 03:34:49 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: If our attitude is to save money, many of us are saving money for the long run, not for a quick fix. I have never expected anything to be cheap. I have had this argument with my husband many times when he finds something cheap and thinks it's a bargain. I hate bargains. I know that it will break and that we will have no other choice but to throw away. Lidl and Aldi electrical goods have a three year guarantee and seem to be the same quality as more expensive stuff. In a Consumer test the two best ABMs were EUR220 and EUR 30. Price doesn't necessarily mean quality. Those of us who have lived in NL too long are constantly looking for bargains and finding them. We rarely, if ever pay, the RRP. Almost everything we own was a bargain including our 20 year old Sony TV , which was cheap because it had a small blemish on the screen, but came with a full guarantee. We took it back to the Sony importer who exchanged it for one without any defects. Most of our white goods are "last years models". Who cares about the current fashion, when they last 20 years? BCC rules! -- Martin 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. I don't believe in throwing away things to save small amounts of energy. The things thrown away took a lot of energy to make. I don't leave the TV, VCR, etc. on standby 24 hours a day. The energy used for the standby is miniscule compared with the amount of energy thrown away on motorways which have two Kilowatts of light every hundred yards, over thousands of miles! So switch the motorway lights off and have more accidents? There are a few motorways which do not have lights, do you know that there are more accidents on those? And, you may not have noticed, but most cars and other vehicles have things called lights, which are usually switched on when it's dark, although there are a number of idiots who seem to think they are needed when the sun is shining brightly! And are there many accidents on roads which do not have lighting on them, which is often the case in the country. The amount of energy wasted by devices left on standby is not trivial. How many have you got on standby in your house? Enlighten me as to how much is not 'trivial'? I have about three on standy, each using a few milliamps, compared with the killowatts used on motorways. And swithing off standby means that the machine has to be reset when you want to use it again, clocks and programmes. Nothing to reset on our TV which I always switch off after use. Have you swicked off your video recorder when you have it set to record things which are being broadcast either tomorrow or the day after? Some video recorders need the clocks reset after a mains failiar, like switching it off! Alan |
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