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This page is the index of all items
relating to energy - it's conservation,
production and related issues.
Saving
energy is something we can all do which has a
significant impact on the world we live in. The
benefits of saving energy are:
we save precious natural
resources
we save the landscape these
resources are extracted from
we reduce the pollution,
particularly the greenhouse gases caused
by converting these resources into energy.
A
very useful by-product is that we can personally
save money.
These
pages provide a simple list of actions we can all
take in our home to save energy.
| ? Did you know |
| Only 3% of the UK’s
electricity is generated from renewable
sources (including hydroelectricity and
wind). The government aims to supply 20%
of electricity from renewable sources by
2020. Source:
Department of Trade and Industry 2003
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If we covered a
small fraction of the Sahara desert with
solar PV cells, we could generate all the
world's electricity requirements. Source:
Greenpeace
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We spend £55
billion on energy a year - about 20% of
that is wasted. Source:
Department of Trade and Industry 2003
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