Were you aware that the majority of all the electricity used in the world today is generated by burning coal, the dirtiest, most polluting fossil fuel of them all? The reason for this is that it remains by far the cheapest way to produce large amounts of electricity. However, it is not the only way, as we shall see:

Perhaps the most obvious way of finding out just how much electrical energy is being used by an appliance is to turn everything else in your house off and take two meter readings exactly one minute or ten minutes apart. This will give you an approximate figure which you can then use to calculate its power demands over longer periods based on your own usage estimates.

Electricity is a wonderfully reliable and versatile energy source, but it can also be dangerous, especially if you have children around. This need not be the case, however, if you take some simple precautions to guard children from the dangers posed to them by electricity. Here are a few ideas to get you started

Although static electricity is present in nature, in thunderclouds, nerve endings, and brains, there is no way at present to harness this in such a way that it could provide a steady flow of electricity to power appliances.

Electricity results from the presence and flow of electrical charge.

Until a few years ago, energy was a good deal cheaper and few people thought of their light bulbs as being a major drain on their finances. Furthermore, there was only one kind available for most light fittings, the incandescent bulb, so you did not have much of a choice in the matter.

Carbon offsetting offers people a means to compensate for the carbon emissions they produce through energy consumption. Around 40% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions are produced through electricity consumption in home. This means that every individual has a carbon footprint to offset.

The production of greenhouse gases is one of the greatest contributors to the phenomenon of global warming, which threatens to destroy our planet. These gases, and most notably carbon dioxide, have enveloped our Earth in a blanket, which prevents heat effectively escaping into the atmosphere.

In the current economic climate we are all looking for ways to spend less cash, so here are our top ten money saving tips to help you spend less.

Most of us are concerned about how the way we live impacts on the environment. We all want to find ways to maintain our current ways of living but be a little bit greener.