Today over lunch I happened to watch a couple of documentaries by Sir David Attenborough on climate change, what is causing it and how we can help to stop it.  What was presented was quite disturbing, especially given how simple some of the remedies are.  I was stunned to hear that apparently up to 10% of the average home’s electricity bill goes to electrical items on standby.  That’s horrific.  And of course turning the central heating down by 1 degree saves money and equates to about a ton of carbon that doesn’t go into the atmosphere as a result. (more…)