For me an interesting topic as since my wife arrived in the UK this topic has been an eye opener for me. I guess out of necessity she has learnt to save money and always switches everything off at night at the mains and not just on the TV set itself, etc etc
We were both talking last night about sending her mom some money for her birthday for a new flat screen tv and she was saying that her mom doesn't want a big one as it takes up more electricity. And that she had noticed that when she was in the Philippines her laptop took up less electricity than her desktop, something that makes sense but never realy dawned on me before, partly because I have never had to live on such a tight budget as she has had to in the Philippines.
So there you go Steve.....save money and get a smaller tv....
She also keeps all plastic shopping bags and meticulously folds them for future use. She has a strong "save the planet" ethic.
