What's factually incorrect? When you have a charger plugged in with nothing connected, then 100% of the energy consumed goes to no useful work. Did you see the

What's factually incorrect? When you have a charger plugged in with nothing connected, then 100% of the energy consumed goes to no useful work. Did you see the original BBC article? It also doesn't claim that chargers are a massive sink of energy - it says that it's an indication of a culture that's not energy-aware. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/images/BritainStandby.png http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/images/Britai... Leaving mobile phone chargers plugged in and lights on were the most common energy-wasting habits.