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"but if everyone in the town (that could) did it that is a massive impact!" No, it is not: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/c6/page_39.shtml ht

• ErrantX 16y ago
  I'm not entirely sure that is as negative as it sounds. My average consumption is about 4KW/h per day. I just checked with my parents and they, with a multi-computer a home office, use about 6KW/h per day. So lets take that as an average. Our systems account for about 2KW/h per person, per day. So that is about 30% of our own energy consumption. 15,000 ppl @ 6KW/h = 90,000 KW/h 3,000 ppl (20%) generating 2KW/h = 6,000 KW/h That's 6% of the towns energy generation. Which might not sound a lot, true. But on the other hand commercial renewable energy production in the UK accounts for about the same amount (8 ish percent I believe). So if everyone did it that would double renewable energy production. I find that significant :) I admit to "over egging" the ease, and being extremely optimistic in terms of the coverage and uptake of such a mass social movement :) but I still think it is something we all should try.