Date published: 2007/07/25
The BBC says:
People are being told to wear jumpers instead of relying on patio heaters, in an attempt to cut carbon emissions.
The Energy Saving Trust has urged retailers to stop selling the heaters after a report suggesting their use will almost double over the next year.
It says the number of privately owned units in the UK will rise from 1.2 million to 2.3 million.
Each heater uses the same amount of energy in six months as a kitchen gas hob does in a year, the Trust said.
Chief executive Philip Sellwood said: "Why don't people just wear a jumper?"
The fact that Sellwood can ask that question already tells you how out of touch he is. People also heat their homes a lot more than they used to 30 or 40 years ago, and you could ask the same silly question about that (and the Sellwoods of the world do). You could also ask why people just don't stay at home for their holiday instead of going to Spain (and the Sellwoods of the world do). Funnily enough, it is not the people who use patio heaters (so the ordinary people of Britain) who are responsible for most carbon emissions in the country, but middle class people like Sellwood. Let the Sellwoods of the world stop their wasteful carbon emissions first before they lecture ordinary people how to behave.
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