UK to use home energy monitors

The British government is planning to distribute free energy-monitoring devices to every household in the United Kingdom to allow for real-time energy consumption readings in households.

The government believes that doing so will raise awareness of energy concerns in the public ranks, with the move leading to greater savings for the family and lower greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

By having a conscious effort to save on electricity, the public can lower the demand for power significantly. When demand for electricity is minimized, less fossil fuels are burned, and that reduces the amount of carbon dioxide that humans dump into open air. Less carbon dioxide means the greenhouse efficacy is likely to slow down.

Chlorofluorocarbons and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere instead of allowing it to drift back into space. With the air pollution intensifying in the last 30 years, the ozone layer has become depleted and changes in climate have been observed. If this goes on, ecosystems can be destroyed, shortening the planet’s food supply.

The Labour Party has found means to manufacture the monitors in a cost-efficient manner and disseminate them for free. About 22 million units are set for release in 2008, but the rest is up to the public with regard to making the effort effective. “The biggest risk is that after the government announces this, they might specify this too weakly to make it useful,” says a Labor Party member.

The United Kingdom is leading the campaign against climate change and is hoping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the nation by 60 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.

The British government is planning to distribute free energy-monitoring devices to every household in the United Kingdom to allow for real-time energy consumption readings in households.

The government believes that doing so will raise awareness of energy concerns in the public ranks, with the move leading to greater savings for the family and lower greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

By having a conscious effort to save on electricity, the public can lower the demand for power significantly. When demand for electricity is minimized, less fossil fuels are burned, and that reduces the amount of carbon dioxide that humans dump into open air. Less carbon dioxide means the greenhouse efficacy is likely to slow down.

Chlorofluorocarbons and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere instead of allowing it to drift back into space. With the air pollution intensifying in the last 30 years, the ozone layer has become depleted and changes in climate have been observed. If this goes on, ecosystems can be destroyed, shortening the planet’s food supply.

The Labour Party has found means to manufacture the monitors in a cost-efficient manner and disseminate them for free. About 22 million units are set for release in 2008, but the rest is up to the public with regard to making the effort effective. “The biggest risk is that after the government announces this, they might specify this too weakly to make it useful,” says a Labor Party member.

The United Kingdom is leading the campaign against climate change and is hoping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the nation by 60 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.